Social Justice How to Bounce Your Way Into a Baby’s Heart Babies provide more help to adults who bounce in-sync with them along to music. Paul Bisceglio
News in Brief How the Sugar Industry Gums Up Science Big Sugar is lying to win a battle for your bulge. John Upton
Environment The Ugly Cycle of Air Pollution and Climate Change More warming in the atmosphere means more stagnant days—and that means worse air pollution. John Upton
Economics Does Faith Make You a Better Worker? If you attend a church that promotes messages about faith and employment, you might be more committed, satisfied, and entrepreneurial on the job. Ryan Jacobs
Environment Snow-Covered Mountains Will Become Waterfalls Chilling scientific modeling shows how snow on mountaintops in the American West will be replaced with rain. John Upton
Social Justice Your Gloomy Friends Don’t Want Cheering Up It might only make them feel more depressed. Paul Bisceglio
Environment The Troubling Connection Between Pesticides and Autism A new study provides more proof that pregnant mothers should stay far away from pesticide sprays. John Upton
Social Justice How Lessons From a Brain-Infecting Fungi Could Change Medicine A discovery raises the possibility of using a fungal enzyme to deliver drugs directly into the brain. John Upton
Social Justice Is Ambivalence the New Homophobia? As anti-gay prejudice becomes less socially acceptable, homophobia joins racism and sexism in the ranks of biases veiled behind supposed ambivalence. Bettina Chang
Environment This Stinging Ant Is Invading the Gulf Coast These ants land a painful sting and appear to displace native species. But it looks like we'd better get used to them. John Upton