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  1. Neuroscience

    Hurt Blocker

    The next big pain drug may soothe sensory firestorms without side effects.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Animals

    Animals on the Move

    Worldwide — on land, in the sea and in rivers, streams and lakes — wildlife is responding to rising temperatures.

    By Nancy Ross-Flanigan
  3. Earth

    Defying Depth

    How deep-sea creatures, and close relatives, survive tons of water weight.

    By Susan Gaidos
  4. Space

    At Home in the Universe

    Astronomers lay bare the Milky Way’s biggest secrets.

    By Alexandra Witze
  5. Health & Medicine

    Feel the Burn

    Turning on brown fat in humans may boost weight loss.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  6. Storm Front

    Hurricane experts push to improve intensity forecasts.

    By Alexandra Witze

  7. Designer Flu

    How scientists made a killer virus airborne — and who should know.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  8. The Hot and Cold of Priming

    Psychologists are divided on whether unnoticed cues can influence behavior.

    By Bruce Bower

  9. Traces of Inaugural Life

    Geologists, biologists join forces to tell new stories about the first cells on Earth.

    By Sarah C.P. Williams

  10. Secret of a Lifetime

    How long a neutron lives holds clues to the cosmos.

    By Rebecca Cheung

  11. Another Side to Statins

    Heart-healthy drugs show promise against inflammation, cancer and the flu.

    By Nathan Seppa

  12. Rock, Rattle and Roll

    Planetary scientists seek to fill in gaps in outer solar system’s formative years.

    By Nadia Drake