News

  1. Burden of Abuse: Violent partners take mental toll on women

    Physical abuse at the hands of their husbands or live-in male partners contributes substantially to major depression and other disorders among women.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    Prescription stimulants are big on campus

    Nearly 1 in 10 students at a New England college admits to using prescription stimulants without authorization.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Animals

    True-pal lizards may show odd gene

    Colorful lizards in California may offer an example of a long-sought evolutionary factor called greenbeard genes, a possible explanation for altruism.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Health & Medicine

    Hookworms hitched rides with nomads

    Horseback-riding herders known as Scythians once traveled far and wide across Eurasia, and their remains contain the parasites to prove it.