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  1. Genetics

    We’re more Neandertal than we thought

    Neandertals contributed more to human traits than previously thought.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Science & Society

    Economics Nobel nudges behavioral economist into the limelight

    Behavioral economist Richard Thaler started influential investigations of behavioral economics, which earned him the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Tech

    Superbugs may meet their match in these nanoparticles

    Quantum dots and antibiotics hit bacteria with a one-two punch.

    By Maria Temming
  4. Archaeology

    Europe’s Stone Age fishers used beeswax to make a point

    Late Stone Age Europeans made spears with beeswax adhesive.

    By Bruce Bower
  5. Neuroscience

    New book offers a peek into the mind of Oliver Sacks

    The wide-ranging essays in Oliver Sacks’ ‘The River of Consciousness’ contemplate evolution, memory and more.