News

  1. Planetary Science

    Time running out on comet lander

    Philae’s days are numbered as temperatures on comet 67P drop and attempts to communicate with the lander fail.

    By Christopher Crockett
  2. Anthropology

    Attack 10,000 years ago is earliest known act of warfare

    Human skeletons unearthed in East Africa show signs of a roughly 10,000-year-old lethal raid.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Humans

    No fairy tale: Origins of some famous stories go back thousands of years

    Pairing folktales with ancient languages shows that at least a few folktales originated thousands of years ago.

    By Chris Samoray
  4. Climate

    Atmospheric tides alter rainfall rate

    Atmospheric tides caused by the moon’s gravitational pull ever-so-slightly alter rainfall rates on Earth by producing rises and falls in atmospheric pressure.