Mysterious magnetic portals link our planet to its star

Large-scale comparison highlights how extra or missing genes shaped our evolution

A new study sheds light on how the brain puts memories away for keeps

In search of habitable soil, the Mars lander has lost power with no real chance of recovery

Birds and reptiles make hair proteins, just like mammals do

Expert panel gives the cold shoulder to Canada's plans for Arctic research

Propositions, congressional reshuffling will have impact on research

A migrating bird rests half of its brain while the other half remains alert

Deleting a signaling molecule spurs crushed mouse nerves to regenerate

Proposal would ban medical research on great apes and extend oversight to most animal studies

CNTNAP2 speaks volumes about why some suffer from language impairment

A disease carried by black rats spelled the end for two endemic species on Christmas Island

The boto has quite a reputation--but fortunately the body parts sold at Amazonian markets are fakes

Physicists bring Star Trek-like force fields into the realm of possibility

Find hints at development of religion during crucial time in human history

Microbe's hydrocarbon stew could one day supplant fossil fuels

New study sheds light on how neurons shuffle receptors to create memory

A pretty face may sway voters more when the candidate is a woman

Short-lived miniplanets inhabited the solar system in its earliest years

Meanwhile, researchers identify yet another strain of the livestock virus

A gene mutation that causes learning disabilities disrupts a neural stop signal

Clues to earlier tsunamis embedded in soil

Herbicide and fertilizer combine to help parasites attack frogs, suppress immune system

New satellite data suggest a much longer wet spell for the red planet