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- Earth
Earth & Environment
Antarctic ice flows, atmospheric response to nuclear fallout and more in this week's news.
By Science News - Psychology
Spoilers freshen up stories
Giving away the plot may aid, not ruin, story enjoyment.
By Bruce Bower -
- Life
Genes & Cells
A family without fingerprints and the long-term harm of sleep skimping in this week’s news.
By Science News - Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Leukemia gene therapy, the brain tickle of beautiful voices and more in this week's news.
By Science News - Health & Medicine
Lost in the periphery
The human visual system discards information along the edges, a new study shows.
- Physics
Antineutrino counters
In China, new neutrino detectors may help shed light on matter-antimatter imbalance in universe.
By Devin Powell - Humans
Ancient Saharan head cases
Skulls from a North African civilization provide glimpses of what may be early cranial surgery.
By Bruce Bower -
- Life
Early stress is contagious in adulthood
A zebra finch’s tough childhood shortens both its life and its mate’s.
By Susan Milius - Health & Medicine
Cigarettes cause half of bladder cancers in women
People who smoke are four times as likely to develop the malignancy as people who never smoked, a study finds.
By Nathan Seppa - Space
Atom & Cosmos
Glimmers of dark matter in the Milky Way, galaxies giving birth and more in this week’s news.
By Science News