Mosquitos are still a leading cause of the spread of malaria and other diseases in many parts of the world. While we know that mosquitos find humans through smell, the details of their olfactory abilities hadn’t been worked out. A new study in Nature

Mutation in a single gene causes double movements

A study reported in Science this week attempts to pinpoint the cause of mirror movements, a condition that causes people to involuntarily move both sides of the body when...






Weird Science votes all the useful people off the island

You've been extremely helpful, so bugger off: What started out as a routine study of group behavior ended up turning a bit surreal. According to the authors of a new paper,...






Gulf oil spill plumes big, have staying power

Today's issue of Science contains one of the most detailed assessments of the oil plume that was released into the Gulf of Mexico by the damaged oil well. The work,...