Sex, Drugs and Self-Control
It's not just about rebellion. Neuroscience is revealing adolescents' rich and nuanced relationship with risky behavior
Nature
Autism and DDT: What 1 Million Pregnancies Can—and Can't—Reveal
Analysis finds prenatal exposure to the pesticide is associated with a higher risk of severe autism with intellectual impairment
Bat Man
How does the brain know where it is? Nachum Ulanovsky hopes his flying friends can help him find the answer
Industry Trumps Peer-Reviewed Science at EPA
Critics outraged over changes to chemical-safety review guidelines
LHC Physicists Embrace Brute-Force Approach to Particle Hunt
The world’s most powerful particle collider has yet to turn up new physics—now some physicists are turning to a different strategy
Gene-Silencing Technology Gets First Drug Approval after 20-Year Wait
The U.S. FDA decision comes after fits and stops for RNA-interference therapies
Thousands of Exotic "Topological" Materials Discovered through Sweeping Search
Haul thrills physicists, who previously knew of just a few hundred of these peculiar materials
War Zone Complicates Ebola Vaccine Rollout in Latest Outbreak
Health workers must plan vaccination effort amidst fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Genome Study Upends Understanding of How Language Evolved
Research casts doubt on the idea that a gene linked to language evolution is special to modern humans
Number-Theory Prodigy among Winners of Most Coveted Prize in Mathematics
The Fields Medals have been awarded to four researchers who work on number theory, geometry and network analysis
