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  1. Planetary Science

    Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon may not conceal ocean after all

    A lack of cracks on Mimas suggests that the icy moon of Saturn doesn’t conceal a subsurface ocean of liquid water.

    By Thomas Sumner
  2. Health & Medicine

    DNA may offer rapid road to Zika vaccine

    Researchers are pursuing multiple vaccine strategies for blocking Zika infection.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Life

    Bacteria genes offer new strategy for sterilizing mosquitoes

    Two genes in Wolbachia bacteria could be used to sterilize mosquitoes that transmit Zika.

    By Elizabeth Eaton
  4. Astronomy

    Black hole enjoys fantastically long stellar feast

    A supermassive black hole about 1.8 billion light-years away has been gorging on the same star for a record-breaking decade.