From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

  1. Life

    How a moth went to the dark side

    Peppered moths and some butterflies are icons of evolution. Now scientists have found a gene responsible for making them so.

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  2. Ink leads way to terminating termites

    Inspired by a classroom experiment, a teen has built a way to lure troublesome termites to their death — using the power of ink.

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  3. Physics

    Gravity waves are seen again

    Four months after scientists announced the first detection of gravity waves, another set of ripples in spacetime have emerged. The new ones come from the clash of mid-size black holes in the distant universe.

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  4. Animals

    Catching ‘Dory’ fish can poison entire coral reef ecosystems

    More than half of saltwater-aquarium fish sold in the United States may have been caught in the wild using cyanide, new data show.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Adult diseases may be linked to childhood weight

    Danish scientists find that very overweight kids grow up with a heightened risk of colon cancer and stroke.

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  6. Life

    Scientists Say: Exocytosis

    For a cell to remove something large from inside itself, it turns to a process called exocytosis.

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  7. Brain

    Teen drinking may damage ability to cope with stress

    Teens are often tempted to drink alcohol. Drinking too much — and repeatedly — can hurt their ability to manage stress, a study in rats indicates.

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  8. Genetics

    Why some frogs can survive killer fungal disease

    A disease is wiping out amphibian species around the globe. New research shows how some frogs develop immunity.

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  9. Environment

    Uh oh! Baby fish prefer plastic to real food

    Given a choice, baby fish will eat plastic microbeads instead of real food. That plastic stunts their growth and makes them easier prey for predators.

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  10. Plants

    New species of terrifying tomato appears to bleed

    A new species of Australian bush tomato bleeds when injured and turns bony in old age.

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  11. Animals

    Eating toxic algae makes plankton speedy swimmers

    After slurping up harmful algae, copepods swim fast and straight — making them easy prey for hungry predators.

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  12. Brain

    Mapping word meanings in the brain

    A detailed new map shows that people comprehend words by using regions across the brain, not just in one dedicated language center.

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