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  1. Science & Society

    For the real hits of fashion week, look to computer science

    A machine learning algorithm that analyzes trends on the runway and those on the street could help designers and manufacturers better understand what fashion trends take off.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Animals

    What really changes when a male vole settles down

    Bachelor prairie voles can’t tell one female from another, but saying “I do” means more than just settling down.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Plants

    Raindrops help pitcher plants trap dinner

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

    By Sarah Schwartz
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Science & Society

    Centennial books illuminate Einstein’s greatest triumph

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

    By Tom Siegfried
  9. 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
  10. Health & Medicine

    Fizzy bubbles carry drugs deep into wounds

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

    By Meghan Rosen
  11. 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
  12. 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