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Health & Medicine

Stem Cell Snag: Implanted cells may show signs of Parkinson’s

After as many as 16 years, nerve cells transplanted into the brains of Parkinson's patients still thrive, but some show signs of acquiring the disease.

Health & Medicine

Virus Reprise: Mumps outbreak in 2006 was largest in 20 years

Mumps infected more than 6,500 people in the United States in 2006, the largest outbreak in 20 years.

Health & Medicine

Body and Brain: Possible link between inflammation and bipolar disorder

Inflammatory genes create a signature for bipolar disorder in some people.

Animals

Antibiotic Alligator: Promising proteins lurk in reptile blood

Scientists are zeroing in on alligator blood proteins that show promise for fighting disease-causing microbes.

Humans

Letter from the Publisher

Science News is about to pause briefly before presenting itself to you in a new form, both in print and online.

Earth

Britain’s biggest meteorite strike

An unusual layer of rock found along Britain's northwestern coast formed from the debris thrown out of a crater when a meteorite struck nearby more than 1 billion years ago.

Astronomy

Solving a cosmic ray conundrum

Astronomers say they have solved a puzzle about the most energetic particles that smash into Earth.

Earth

Refuge for the resilient

Some conservationists recommend creating marine parks in areas most likely to survive climate change.

Archaeology

Peruvian site yields a golden discovery

The discovery of a 4,000-year-old gold necklace in Peru suggests that social elites and economic growth appeared in a surprisingly simple society.

Animals

Robin stole credit for Batman’s deeds

Bats turn out to be overlooked but significant eaters of insects, pests and other arthropods on shade-grown coffee farms and in tropical forests.