All Stories
- Earth
Summer Arctic melt among worst ever
With no obvious weather pattern to explain this year’s near-record annual ice retreat, generally warming climate appears to be the culprit.
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- Oceans
Synthetic lint ends up in oceans
Microplastics from clothes and other consumer products evade sewage treatment and end up on beaches, studies find.
- Life
A new way to breach the blood-brain barrier
Researchers working with rodents have found a drug that can temporarily open a door for treatments.
- Space
Planet search finds lots of little guys
The latest collection of extrasolar bodies to be revealed is rich in worlds not much bigger than Earth.
- Space
Atom & Cosmos
Black holes could make the sun jiggle, nanodiamonds' origin and more in this week's news.
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- Space
Hints of dark matter reported, again
European experiment sees some evidence for a heretofore unseen component of the universe.
- Life
Cats engineered for disease resistance
Genetically modified felines created in an effort to fight feline immunodeficiency virus.
- Earth
Earth/Environment
Sweet pollution, toxic fumes from dry-cleaned clothes and more in this week’s news.
