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- Earth
Summer Arctic melt among worst ever
With no obvious weather pattern to explain this year’s near-record annual ice retreat, generally warming climate appears to be the culprit.
- Life
Life
Killer baby birds, the secret to a glowworm’s gleam and more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Oceans
Synthetic lint ends up in oceans
Microplastics from clothes and other consumer products evade sewage treatment and end up on beaches, studies find.
By Janet Raloff - Life
A new way to breach the blood-brain barrier
Researchers working with rodents have found a drug that can temporarily open a door for treatments.
- Space
Planet search finds lots of little guys
The latest collection of extrasolar bodies to be revealed is rich in worlds not much bigger than Earth.
By Nadia Drake - Space
Atom & Cosmos
Black holes could make the sun jiggle, nanodiamonds' origin and more in this week's news.
By Science News -
- Earth
Nature’s crystal palace
Slow-growing crystals formed over thousands of years in Mexico cave.
By Devin Powell - Humans
Humans
Footprinting crime scenes, wine refueling stations for King Tut and more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Space
Hints of dark matter reported, again
European experiment sees some evidence for a heretofore unseen component of the universe.
By Devin Powell - Life
Cats engineered for disease resistance
Genetically modified felines created in an effort to fight feline immunodeficiency virus.
- Earth
Earth/Environment
Sweet pollution, toxic fumes from dry-cleaned clothes and more in this week’s news.
By Science News