What We're Reading

Science writer Philip Ball revisits a book that crystallized key concepts in modern molecular biology.

Physicists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider have spotted the Higgs decaying into a particle called a bottom quark and its antimatter counterpart, an antibottom quark.

In a remarkable twist in the story line of early human evolution, scientists have announced the discovery of “Denisova 11” — a female who was at least 13 years old, lived more than 50,000 years ago and was a child of two different and now-extinct early human types.

A paper by researchers in the Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology characterizes a symbiotic relationship between diatoms and bacteria.

With a sophisticated new algorithm, scientists have found a way to forecast an individual’s risks for five deadly diseases.

With the end of Europe’s major Planck mission, researchers are moving to smaller projects studying different aspects of the cosmic microwave background.

Its subtly different chemistry from its ‘solar twins’ may be the result of having rocky planets.

This article describes the Simons collaboration known as CBIOMES, which brings together researchers in oceanography, statistics, data science, ecology, biogeochemistry, and remote sensing.

Juan C. Meza, director of the division of mathematical sciences at the National Science Foundation, reveals why mathematics is such a powerful tool for understanding the world around us.

An interview with Stanford University data scientist Johan Ugander, who explains his research on dissimilarities in social networks.