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  1. Animals

    Migration is a deadly time for raptors

    For a bird or any other animal that migrates a long distance, it’s sure to face a host of dangers. The story is no different for raptors.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  2. Earth

    Fire may smolder under Antarctic ice

    Quakes hint at moving magma that could influence glacial flow.

    By Beth Mole
  3. Astronomy

    Solar explosion forms ‘Canyon of Fire’

    Just when the sun was looking especially lethargic, a violent eruption left behind a vast chasm of superheated gas on the solar surface.

    By Andrew Grant
  4. Tech

    Ingenious

    A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America by Jason Fagone.

    By Sid Perkins
  5. Life

    Thank insects and microbes that we aren’t over our knees in feces

    Ever wondered why you’re not drowning in poop? Scientists harnessed the power of citizen science to find the beetles and microbes we can thank for that.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  6. Health & Medicine

    Changes in malaria parasite may make Africans more susceptible

    Ominous signals are emerging simultaneously in population studies and under the microscope that Plasmodium vivax, a malaria parasite well known in Asia and Latin America, may have found a way to infect Africans.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Humans

    Humans’ music and genes may have evolved together

    Music may be a tool scientists can use to trace human migrations.

    By Ashley Yeager
  8. Chemistry

    Why death smells so deadly

    Pinning down animals' odor detectors gives researchers a way to study aversion or attraction to certain objects. And understanding how these behavioral responses work will help researchers clarify why humans feel disgust.

    By Erika Engelhaupt
  9. Science & Society

    Science slowdown

    The recent federal government shutdown, which furloughed more than 800,000 government workers and may have cost the nation as much as $24 billion, has sent ripples through the nation’s scientific research enterprise.

    By Beth Mole
  10. Neuroscience

    The Inconstant Gardener

    Microglia, the same immune cells that help sculpt the developing brain, may do damage later in life .

    By Susan Gaidos
  11. Health & Medicine

    Old drug, new tricks

    Metformin, cheap and widely used for diabetes, takes a swipe at cancer.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    Exercise while pregnant may boost baby’s brain

    Babies born to moms who exercised during pregnancy showed higher levels of brain maturity.

    By Laura Sanders