News

  1. Earth

    Aquatic predators affect carbon-storing plant life

    Freshwater predator species can prevent the overgrazing of plants that suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Life

    Bird, human tweets come from similar parts of the brain

    Genetics study finds parallels in birdsong and language.

    By Erin Wayman
  3. Astronomy

    Russia meteor virtually impossible to see coming

    Current and planned efforts to track near-Earth objects focus on bigger quarry.

    By Andrew Grant
  4. Science & Society

    Science News at the 2013 AAAS meeting

    A round-up of Science News coverage of the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held February 14–18, 2013 in Boston.