News

  1. Neuroscience

    Autism may be detectable in baby’s first months of life

    Infants later diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder lose tendency to gaze at others’ eyes during first half-year, researchers find.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Astronomy

    Billions and billions of Earth-sized planets call Milky Way home

    Using Kepler data, astronomers estimate that a sizeable fraction of the galaxy’s sunlike stars have Earth-sized planets that could support liquid water.

    By Andrew Grant
  3. Earth

    Greenhouse gas injections may unleash earthquakes

    Plans to pump carbon dioxide into the ground to mitigate climate change could create other problems.

    By Beth Mole
  4. Neuroscience

    Brain enables sight without light

    Sensory cross talk may underlie ability to see one’s own hand moving when it’s pitch black.