News

  1. Life

    New flu in China reveals its avian origins

    H7N9 influenza genes came from three bird viruses.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Health & Medicine

    Mental puzzles underlie music’s delight

    MRI reveals brain’s processing, and its pleasure, when a person listens to an enjoyable new tune.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Physics

    Light journeys unimpeded along material’s surface

    A topological insulator for photons, exotic etched glass could improve optics-based communications.

    By Andrew Grant
  4. Humans

    Obama seeks R&D funding boost in tough times

    The administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 lifts nondefense research spending by 9 percent.

    By Puneet Kollipara
  5. Humans

    Pottery cooked from the start

    Japanese sites yield late Stone Age evidence of people heating fish in ceramic vessels.