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  1. Animals

    Eating can be skin deep

    In the laboratory, bottom-dwelling hagfish absorb nutrients through the skin.

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Life

    Full-body taste

    Turns out that the tongue isn’t the only place where the body can taste what you ate.

    By Douglas Fox
  3. Earth

    Quake leaves destruction, fear

    In Japan, an earthquake started a tsunami that caused a nuclear disaster.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Animals

    There’s no ‘i’ in elephant

    These clever mammals may know when two trunks are better than one.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Physics

    Like electricity, but magnetic

    Getting magnetic poles on the move makes a new kind of flow.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Plants

    Carnivorous plants say ‘cheese’

    It took high-speed cameras to reveal how the bladderwort gets lunch.

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Microbes

    Life in the bacterial underground

    Tiny life forms in rock may coax minerals to release hydrogen for food.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Health & Medicine

    Evolved to run

    Heel bones hint that humans could run farther than Neandertals.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Health & Medicine

    Scientists help amputees by getting on their nerves

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Planets

    The growing planetary family

    At least 1,200 added to list of possible planets beyond the solar system.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Environment

    Planting seeds for better plastic

    Scientists are working to put the bio in plastics.

    By Emily Sohn
  12. Environment

    Underwater racket

    The oceans are getting louder, and scientists want to know what that means for marine residents.

    By Emily Sohn
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