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  1. Genetics

    Mutation-disease link masked in zebrafish

    Zebrafish study shows organisms can work around DNA mutations.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Physics

    Swimming bacteria remove resistance to flow

    The collective motion of swimming bacteria can virtually eliminate a water-based solution’s resistance to flow.

    By Andrew Grant
  3. Tech

    Flame-finding pistols set off decades of blazing technology

    Researchers unveiled a gun-shaped flame detector in 1965

    By Beth Mole
  4. Plants

    Flowers’ roles considered in ecosystems and economics

    In ‘The Reason for Flowers’, a pollination ecologist chronicles the science and culture of blossoms from the dawn of humanity.

    By Sid Perkins
  5. Planetary Science

    Pluto: A timeline of 85 years of discovery

    Several observations in the last 85 years have given astronomers a little more information about Pluto, and the July 2015 flyby will offer the closest look yet at the solar system's far-flung satellite.