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  1. Plants

    Raindrops help pitcher plants trap dinner

    Pitcher plants use the force of falling raindrops to fling prey into their traps.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  2. Health & Medicine

    Nobel medicine prize won for drugs from natural sources

    Nobel Prizes in medicine or physiology awarded for drugs that combat roundworms and malaria

    By Tina Hesman Saey and Laura Sanders
  3. Plants

    Stinky seeds dupe dung beetles

    Seeds that look and smell like animal poop can trick dung beetles into spreading and burying the seeds.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  4. Health & Medicine

    Therapies against roundworm, malaria parasites win medicine Nobel

    The 2015 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology was awarded to Youyou Tu for her work in counteracting malaria, and to William Campbell and Satoshi Omura for work on treatments against roundworm parasites.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Science & Society

    Full coverage: 2015 Nobel Prizes

    The Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine or physiology ran the gamut this year, honoring both fundamental science discoveries and research with real-world impacts.

    By Science News Staff
  6. Science & Society

    Centennial books illuminate Einstein’s greatest triumph

    Scholars mark general relativity 100ths anniversary with books on history, biography, science.

    By Tom Siegfried
  7. Astronomy

    Einstein’s genius changed science’s perception of gravity

    Einstein struggled for years to solve the puzzle of general relativity. The pieces all fell into place in November 1915.

    By Tom Siegfried
  8. Health & Medicine

    Fizzy bubbles carry drugs deep into wounds

    Bubble-powered drugs burrow into wounds to stop blood loss.

    By Meghan Rosen
  9. Animals

    What happens to animals in a hurricane?

    Hurricanes can be devastating to animals on land and in the sea, but they can also provide opportunities.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  10. Astronomy

    First stars may lurk in our galactic neighborhood

    Representatives from the first generation of stars might be hiding in our cosmic backyard, masked by interstellar pollution.

    By Christopher Crockett
  11. Health & Medicine

    Sperm protein may offer target for male contraceptive

    With the identification of a new sperm protein that helps sperm penetrate eggs, researchers may be closer to developing birth control pills for men.

    By Meghan Rosen
  12. Health & Medicine

    Sperm protein may offer target for male contraceptive

    With the identification of a new sperm protein that helps sperm penetrate eggs, researchers may be closer to developing birth control pills for men.

    By Meghan Rosen