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  1. All Patterns Great and Small

    Researchers uncover the origins of creatures’ stripes and spots.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  2. Not just a high

    Cannabis compounds show their stuff against a host of medical problems, relieving symptoms far beyond pain and nausea.

    By Nathan Seppa

  3. Fat chance

    Scientists are working out ways to rev up the body’s gut-busting machinery.

    By Laura Beil

  4. Life from scratch

    Relaunching biology from the beginning.

    By Charles Petit

  5. The Truth Hurts

    Scientists question voice-based lie detection.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg

  6. Genome from a bottle

    Back Story: Cracking the code.

    By Science News
  7. Physics

    Law & Disorder: A Companion

    More resources about how physicists and philosophers understand time.

    By Science News

  8. Law & Disorder

    Physicists keep trying to explain why time flows one way.

    By Tom Siegfried

  9. Melting at the microscale

    Studying sea ice close-up may improve climate models.

    By Alexandra Witze

  10. Engineering a cooler Earth

    Researchers brainstorm radical ways to counter climate change.

    By Erika Engelhaupt

  11. A pregnant question

    How antidepressants may subtly alter a growing baby’s brain.

    By Susan Gaidos

  12. Elemental escape

    Making superheavies may reveal island of stability.

    By Alexandra Witze