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  1. Space

    At Home in the Universe

    Astronomers lay bare the Milky Way’s biggest secrets.

    By Alexandra Witze
  2. Health & Medicine

    Feel the Burn

    Turning on brown fat in humans may boost weight loss.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Physics

    Quantum teleportation leaps forward

    Two teams report beaming information about particles over long distances, a step toward creating satellite quantum communication networks.

    By Alexandra Witze
  4. Astronomy

    Milky Way will be hit head-on

    The Andromeda galaxy is destined to slam directly into ours, new observations from the Hubble Space Telescope show.

    By Alexandra Witze
  5. Genetics

    Poppies make more than opium

    A 10-gene cluster controls the flowers’ production of a valuable cough suppressant and antitumor compound.