News
- 			 Earth EarthAntarctic shoal breaks the iceInstruments on a massive berg help pinpoint a previously unreported undersea ridge. By Sid Perkins
- 			 Physics PhysicsMemories made of lightPhysicists find a more efficient way to store quantum information in a crystal, a step towards super-secure quantum communications. 
- 			 Health & Medicine Health & MedicineSnakes on the brainIn a bizarre experiment, researchers delve into the neural roots of courage. 
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- 			 Health & Medicine Health & MedicineStopping platelets at the sourceAn experimental treatment may prevent harmful clotting and less need for drugs that increase bleeding risk, a study in baboons shows. By Nathan Seppa
- 			 Animals AnimalsClimate change may favor couch-potato elkWith drought and rising temperatures in Wyoming, migratory animals suffer while stay-at-home members of the same herd thrive By Susan Milius
- 			 Life LifeBaby’s first bacteria depend on birth routeC-section newborns may harbor fewer helpful microbes than infants born vaginally. 
- 			 Anthropology AnthropologyLucy fossil gets jolted upright by Big ManScientists have unearthed a 3.6-million-year-old partial hominid skeleton that may recast the iconic species as humanlike walkers. By Bruce Bower
- 			 Earth EarthEven a newborn canyon is big in TexasA flood carved a surprisingly large gorge that may help understand features on Earth and Mars. By Sid Perkins
- 			 Space SpaceWet past for Red PlanetAn ocean blanketed one-third of Mars about 3.5 billion years ago, a new study suggests. By Ron Cowen
- 			 Physics PhysicsPhysics in free fallPhysicists drop supercold atoms down an elevator shaft to see what will happen. 
- 			 Humans HumansFor sight-reading music, practice doesn’t make perfectIndividual memory differences may set upper limits on pianists’ sight-reading skill, regardless of their experience. By Bruce Bower