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  1. Quantum Physics

    Finding wonders in fat

    In the latest issue of Science News, Editor in Chief Eva Emerson talks fat cells, thermodynamics, and lead poisoning.

    By Eva Emerson
  2. Neuroscience

    Readers respond to stress, tattoos, and the universe

    Stress, tattoos, cosmic origins and more reader feedback.

    By Science News Staff
  3. Health & Medicine

    Cells from fat mend bone, cartilage, muscle and even the heart

    Stem cells and other components of fat can be coerced to grow into bone, cartilage, muscle or to repair the heart.

    By Susan Gaidos
  4. Health & Medicine

    Molecules found to counter antibiotic resistance

    Molecules made in a lab can foil antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  5. Health & Medicine

    New techniques regrow lens, cornea tissue

    Preliminary stem cell discoveries may restore lenses and corneas.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Anthropology

    H. erectus cut, chewed way through evolution

    A diet that included raw, sliced meat changed the face of early Homo evolution, scientists say.

    By Bruce Bower
  7. Oceans

    Swirls of plankton decorate the Arabian Sea

    The dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans is taking over in the Arabian Sea, posing a potential threat to its ecosystem.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  8. Neuroscience

    Scientists still haven’t solved mystery of memory

    50 years have refined a basic understanding of the brain, but scientists are still exploring how memories form, change and persist.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  9. Animals

    New chameleon has strange snout, odd distribution

    A new species of chameleon from Tanzania echoes the unusual range of the kipunji monkey.

    By Susan Milius
  10. Quantum Physics

    Ultrasmall engines bend second law of thermodynamics

    Car engines and batteries run because of the second law of thermodynamics, which appears to work, with just a little bending, for ultrasmall engines in the quantum realm as well.

    By Andrew Grant
  11. Climate

    Earlier blooming intensifies spring heat waves in Europe

    The early arrival of spring plants due to climate change amplifies springtime heat waves in Europe, new climate simulations suggest.

    By Thomas Sumner
  12. Health & Medicine

    ‘Cancer moonshot’ launch prep under way

    Details are trickling out for the president’s proposed “cancer moonshot,” but plan for launch is still months off.

    By Laura Beil