All Stories
- Life
Assembling the tree of life
Scientists are organizing knowledge of all living things into a single evolutionary tree.
By Emily Sohn - Health & Medicine
Germ zapper
A compound found in nature kills certain bacteria in a new way.
By Emily Sohn -
- Animals
Missing moose
By studying population patterns, scientists hope to figure out why moose in some areas are in trouble.
By Emily Sohn - Space
Blast from the Past
Pieces of an ancient asteroid that created a 70-kilometer-wide crater survived the blast.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
New Monkey Business
A rare, recently discovered monkey differs from other known types of monkeys.
By Emily Sohn - Tech
Shape Shifting
A futuristic technology aims to have a pile of tiny, robotic beads arrange itself into different shapes.
By Emily Sohn - Humans
If only bones could speak
The shape of fossil spine bones suggests that ancient human ancestors could speak.
By Emily Sohn - Planets
The Way a Comet Crumbles
Astronomers are getting a close look at a comet that's falling apart as it nears the sun.
By Emily Sohn - Tech
Dancing with Robots
Ingenuity and creativity highlight a contest in which student-built robots play soccer, dance, or go on a rescue mission.
By Sarah Webb - Tech
Fingerprint evidence
Identifying fingerprints may have a role not just in solving crimes but also in everyday life.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
Vent worms like it hot
Some undersea worms prefer water at temperatures near the upper limit of what animals are known to survive.
By Emily Sohn