Science News Staff

All Stories by Science News Staff

  1. Health & Medicine

    Feedback

    Calculating vaccines' impact, cat-induced bird death toll revised, taming wildcat genetics, and praise for The Science Life.

  2. Planetary Science

    Moon like blue cheese?

    The lunar surface turns out to have more grit than scientists thought.

  3. Climate

    Biggest climate warmers

    The United States, China, Russia, Brazil, India, Germany and the United Kingdom are responsible for more than 60 percent of the 0.74 degree Celsius rise in global average temperature observed from 1906 to 2005.

  4. Materials Science

    Graphene strands free electrons from resistance

    Ribbons of carbon can form electron freeways, potentially paving the way to new kinds of electronics.

  5. Planetary Science

    Mars ‘air’ found thinner

    Readers get an update on the Red Planet's atmosphere and how new probes land there with parachutes.

  6. Health & Medicine

    Smoking equality

    A study of tobacco smoking patterns reports that more men than women smoke in every country except Sweden.

  7. Health & Medicine

    H7N9 flu makes a comeback

    Scientists warn that the risk that the illness could spread remains.

  8. Genetics

    Feedback

    Readers discuss the names of really big numbers and whether Lamarckian evolution is making a comeback.

  9. Health & Medicine

    Ancient history of canine cancer decoded

    A contagious cancer has been plaguing dogs for 11,000 years, a new genetic analysis reveals.

  10. Climate

    2013 among top 10 warmest years on record

    Global temperatures have now been above average for 37 consecutive years.

  11. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine vindication

    At least 103 million cases of childhood disease have been prevented by vaccines since 1924.

  12. Life

    Feedback

    Readers respond to microbe counts, engineered organs and how to map the universe.