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  1. Health & Medicine

    Global access to quality health care has improved in the last two decades

    Health care quality and availability improved worldwide from 1990 to 2015, but the gap between countries with the lowest and highest levels of care widened.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Genetics

    Hybrid protein offers malaria protection

    Rare hybrid protein that spans red blood cell membranes offers some protection against malaria.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Health & Medicine

    Transplanted stem cells become eggs in sterile mice

    Sterile mice that received transplanted egg-making stem cells were able to have healthy babies.

    By Laurel Hamers
  4. Planetary Science

    50 years ago, an Earth-based telescope spotted Saturn’s fourth ring

    Scientists now rely on spacecraft to chart the intricate rings of the gas giant.