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  1. Planetary Science

    Mystery Meteorite

    The case for (and against) a rock from Mercury.

    By Alexandra Witze
  2. Life

    Life Support

    Studies reveal the placenta’s crucial role in healthy pregnancies.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Life

    View to a cell

    In 2013, Science News published a photo essay highlighting advances in microscopy that illuminate life within us, work that has now earned three researchers the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Psychology

    Closed Thinking

    Without scientific competition and open debate, much psychology research goes nowhere.

    By Bruce Bower
  5. Chemistry

    Sweet Confusion

    Does high fructose corn syrup deserve such a bad rap?

    By Laura Beil
  6. Earth

    Spinning the Core

    Laboratory dynamos attempt to generate magnetic fields the way planets and stars do.