Rodent is faithful, monogamous. Or he strays. Why?

The prairie vole is one of the few monogamous (mostly) mammals. What goes on in the brain that causes the guys to stray? More »

Social network, Indian edition

A massive study looks at how ideas pass through social networks in 43 Indian villages, then offers a new definition of “well More »

An extermination trick that married insecticide with sugar worked for a while — but then suddenly lost its power against roaches. Now More »

After an asteroid strikes, meteorite hunters go to work. What are the rules when you are looking for a hunk of outer space! More »

Scientists have tracked a light beam that’s half-a-million light years long to a monster black hole and found that the hole and its More »

Can we spot young, male, angry, frustrated killers in advance? Will science help us identify them in time? Lessons from the past. More »

Award follows last year’s sighting of elusive boson at world’s largest atom smasher. At last, matter can have mass, and physics can More »

Take a modern volcano, and multiply it by 1,000. That’s a super-volcano. Their rare eruptions change landscapes and weather. How long More »

Tobacco and cancer. CFCs and ozone. Vaccines and autism. And evolution through natural selection, acid rain and global warming. Why do More »

How do patents work? What is “new, non-obvious and useful”? What will happen after the biggest change in patent law in 60 years? More »

Sometimes, scientists feel the need to leave the lab and warn the public about onrushing hazards. Rowland warned about ozone, but More »

Can pigeons learn an abstract mathematical rule? Apparently! More »

Scientists thought wings were the first evidence of flight. But plenty of falling ants can glide back to “their” tree to avoid being More »

Does climate affect war? A study shows increases in conflict during el Niño periods — but only during the warm, dry part of the cycle. More »

Hitting the road? What could be more enlightening than gawking at a cave, exploring a desert, or eyeballing the largest telescope in More »