News in Brief

  1. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    A controversy about the benefits of extensive breast cancer surgery, plus more in this week’s news.

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  2. Life

    Life

    A thinner dodo, plus more in this week’s news.

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  3. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    How the moon got its water, plus more in this week’s news.

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  4. Humans

    Humans

    How cell phones exert subtle mind control, plus more in this week’s news.

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  5. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Billions of particles get entangled, plus more in this week’s news.

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  6. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Licorice may be a natural alternative to antibiotics on hog farms, plus more in this week’s news.

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  7. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Smoking can damage DNA in a flash, plus more in this week's news.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Obesity rates skyrocket worldwide, plus more in this week’s news.

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  9. Life

    Life

    New studies unveil the fire ant genome and why honeybee personalities matter, plus more in the week’s biology news.

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  10. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Evidence gets stronger that Mars once held an ocean, plus more in this week’s news.

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  11. Humans

    Humans

    Researchers reveal how feeling physical pain helps people ease a guilty conscience, plus more in this week's news.

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