News

  1. Astronomy

    Neutrinos from space rain down from all directions

    Using Earth as a filter, scientists detect thousands of neutrinos from beyond the solar system.

    By Andrew Grant
  2. Earth

    Tiny minerals may have shaped Earth’s first plate boundaries

    Simulations link weakened rock minerals to the origin of plate tectonics on Earth.

    By Naomi Lubick
  3. Genetics

    Bank voles provide clue to prion disease susceptibility

    A protein from bank voles makes mice susceptible to disorders that wouldn’t otherwise infect them.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Planetary Science

    Subsurface sea hides below ice of Saturn moon

    Astronomers add to evidence for a subsurface ocean on Enceladus using subtle variations in the moon’s gravity.