News

  1. Science & Society

    Kids’ gestures foretell better vocabularies

    Toddlers who gesture more at age 14 months possess larger vocabularies when entering school, new research finds.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Humans

    First rough draft of Neandertal genome released

    A rough draft of the Neandertal genome is complete, scientists announced on Darwin’s 200th birthday.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Health & Medicine

    Sequencing virus genome to cure the common cold

    The genomes of all known common cold viruses have been sequenced, providing new information on how the different strains are related, how they replicate and how to predict their virulence.

    By Solmaz Barazesh
  4. Space

    About-face: A look at the moon’s farside

    Researchers have for the first time mapped the gravitational field of the moon’s farside — the lunar half that is permanently turned away from Earth.