News
- Space
The Drake Equation Turns 50: An interview with Frank Drake
The astronomer shares his name with the equation that quantifies the number of detectable civilizations in the Milky Way.
- Health & Medicine
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria strike drug of last resort
Warning signs emerge in the use of an old drug effective against resistant microbes.
- Health & Medicine
Your cholesterol drug might help you weather the flu
Data suggest illness is less likely to be fatal in those taking statins
- Chemistry
Aerosols cloud the climate picture
A NASA model incorporates how atmospheric aerosols and greenhouse gases interact, yielding better estimates of the gases' warming and cooling effects.
- Health & Medicine
Flu shots for moms-to-be benefit babies
Study of about 4,000 pregnant women shows link between newborn health and whether mom got vaccinated
- Animals
Scent of alarm identifies male bed bugs
When mistaken for females, the guys release an alarming pheromone.
- Life
Birds’ eyes, not beaks, sense magnetic fields
A new study pinpoints migratory songbirds’ magnetic compass in a specific brain region.
- Space
Gamma-ray observations shrink known grain size of spacetime
A new study eliminates some theories of quantum gravity by finding that spacetime isn’t as lumpy as some models had proposed.
- Life
Three dino types may be just three dino ages
Study suggests three dinos placed in separate taxa are actually from one group at different growth stages
- Life
Spiders love sweet smell of blood perfume
For on spider species, feeding on blood-gorged mosquitoes adds charm to a mate
- Health & Medicine
Psychiatric meds can bring on rapid weight gain in kids
Drugs that alleviate severe mental disorders can also result in troubling metabolic changes.
- Earth
Unicorn fly of the Cretaceous
An ancient fly discovered trapped in amber sports a horn atop its head and topped with three eyes.
