Humans

  1. Health & Medicine

    Fuzzy future

    Kids may suffer impaired vision from spending too little time outdoors, studies suggest.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Archaeology

    American cannibals

    Skeletal remains of a Jamestown teen show signs of cannibalism in colonial America, new data show. The girl’s skull provides the first concrete support for historical accounts that some starving colonists had resorted to eating the flesh of others.

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Health & Medicine

    Inspired medical research

    Teens make real advances in biomedical science.

    By Kellyn Betts
  4. Health & Medicine

    New life for a used organ

    Scientists transplant a rebuilt kidney into a rat.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Microbes

    Deadly new flu

    The germ responsible carries genes from other flu viruses.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Animals

    Infectious animals

    Critters spread many germs that can sicken each other — and even kill people.

    By Amanda Leigh Mascarelli
  7. Animals

    Explainer: People can sicken animals

    Wildlife can sometimes become infected with germs shed by people.

    By Amanda Leigh Mascarelli
  8. Life

    Stem cells: The secret to change

    Unusual, versatile cells hold the key to regrowing lost tissues.

    By Alison Pearce Stevens
  9. Health & Medicine

    Deadly new virus emerges

    A mysterious infection has been spreading for almost a year.

    By Janet Raloff
  10. Health & Medicine

    The AIDS virus that vanished

    Strong medicine may have rid a newborn of deadly HIV.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Environment

    Bad for breathing

    New study connects pollution to several common diseases that affect the lungs and airways.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Animals

    Cool Jobs: Museum science

    Samples collected long ago may hold answers to important questions in science and medicine today.

    By Sharon Oosthoek