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  1. Health & Medicine

    Balloons-and-glue device seals remote wounds inside the body

    To repair damaged tissue, surgeons can deliver a glue patch using two balloons and a blast of UV light.

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  2. Anthropology

    More than 9,000-year-old decapitated head discovered in Brazil

    Human decapitation goes back more than 9,000 years in the Americas.

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  3. Animals

    How to see sea turtles — without bothering them

    Sea turtles come out of the water to lay eggs on beaches. It’s a great time to see the reptiles — if you know what you are doing.

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  4. Cosmology

    Complexity in the universe, hidden craters and more reader feedback

    Readers discuss order and disorder in the universe, the languages of science communication and more.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Coffee serves up surprising health benefits

    Reporting on the current state of research allows readers to see beyond the single, sometimes conflicting public health messages that medical studies produce.

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  6. Animals

    These fish would rather walk

    Slowpokes of the sea, frogfish and handfish creep along the ocean bottom.

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  7. Quantum Physics

    Quantum choice can be counterproductive

    In a puzzling paradox, delivering quantum messages becomes more difficult if the intended recipient offers the sender multiple options for the time and place of delivery.

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  8. Planetary Science

    ‘The Martian’ is entertaining science fiction rooted in fact

    With NASA’s help, filmmakers made story of astronaut stranded on Mars believable.

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  9. Anthropology

    Handed-down tales tell of ancient sea level rise

    Australian Aborigines tell tales of actual, ancient sea-level rises, a contested study finds.

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  10. Science & Society

    Meet 10 scientists who are making their mark

    In a special report, Science News features 10 early-career scientists on their way to more widespread acclaim.

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  11. Particle Physics

    William Detmold: Looking deep into atoms’ hearts

    MIT theoretical physicist William Detmold probes the fundamental bits of matter that combine to form the nuclei of atoms.

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  12. Genetics

    Benyam Kinde: Gene expression and Rett syndrome

    M.D.-Ph.D. student Benyam Kinde studies how genetic changes affect brain cells’ activity in Rett syndrome.

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