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  1. The Hot and Cold of Priming

    Psychologists are divided on whether unnoticed cues can influence behavior.

    By Bruce Bower

  2. Traces of Inaugural Life

    Geologists, biologists join forces to tell new stories about the first cells on Earth.

    By Sarah C.P. Williams

  3. Secret of a Lifetime

    How long a neutron lives holds clues to the cosmos.

    By Rebecca Cheung
  4. Psychology

    When good moods go decisively bad

    Positive feelings may lead seniors to weigh fewer options and make poorer choices in some situations.

    By Bruce Bower
  5. Humans

    Crime numbers may mislead

    Criminologists argue that city safety rankings should consider underreporting and other sources of error in compiling statistics.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  6. Astronomy

    Sounds on distant worlds

    By Erika Engelhaupt
  7. Earth

    Study keeps pace with Greenland glaciers

    Herky-jerky motion of the island’s ice suggests that melting ice is unlikely to contribute to dramatic sea level rise this century, but the news isn’t all good.

    By Devin Powell
  8. Astronomy

    A star is torn

    A black hole’s stellar feast is witnessed by telescopes on Earth and in orbit.

    By Nadia Drake
  9. Astronomy

    Ancient scribes may have banked on blinking binary

    For the Egyptians, luck may have been written in the Demon Star.

    By Nadia Drake
  10. Health & Medicine

    Protein tweak may trigger Alzheimer’s

    An unusual version of the disease-linked amyloid-beta molecule sows destruction in mouse brains.

    By Laura Sanders
  11. Life

    Controversial flu research published

    One of two papers detailing airborne H5N1 experiments is released.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Health & Medicine

    Weight loss reduces cancer risk factor

    Indicators of inflammation drop with diet and weight loss.

    By Nathan Seppa