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  1. Astronomy

    Milky Way connected to a vast network of galaxies

    The Milky Way galaxy lives on the outer edge of a newly discovered supercluster of galaxies named Laniakea that is 520 million light-years across.

    By Christopher Crockett
  2. Health & Medicine

    Trial drug improves heart failure patients’ chance of survival

    Novartis’ experimental therapy LCZ696 lowers blood pressure and increases survival rates when compared with a standard drug.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Animals

    A fish reared out of water walks better

    The normally aquatic fish Senegal bichir raised on land suggests how ancient species might have transitioned into terrestrial ones.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Health & Medicine

    Rabies races up nerve cells

    By hijacking a transporter protein and hitting the gas, the disease-causing rabies virus races up long nerve cells that stretch through the body, a new study finds.

    By Meghan Rosen
  5. Astronomy

    Subatomic particles give glimpse into sun’s core

    For the first time, a subterranean detector has captured neutrinos generated in the main nuclear reactions that power the sun.

    By Christopher Crockett
  6. Animals

    Bats hunt ballooning túngara frogs by echolocation

    Bat echolocation tracks the billowing vocal sacs of male túngara frogs.

    By Nsikan Akpan
  7. Health & Medicine

    Tiny mites are probably crawling all over your face

    Two skin mites, relatives of spiders, might populate the faces of all adult humans, according to a DNA survey.

    By Nsikan Akpan
  8. Life

    ZMapp drug fully protects monkeys against Ebola virus

    In a test, 18 monkeys injected with the Ebola virus and treated with an experimental drug called ZMapp survived.

    By Nathan Seppa
  9. Neuroscience

    Pulses to the brain bring memory gains

    The ability to associate faces with words is boosted when an outer part of the brain is stimulated, a study shows.

    By Laura Sanders
  10. Genetics

    Ebola genome clarifies origins of West African outbreak

    Genetic analyses suggest that a single infected person sparked the ongoing Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. Anthropology

    Siberians came to North American Arctic in two waves

    Siberian ancestors of the modern-day Inuit replaced a 4,000-year-old North American Arctic culture, a DNA study reveals.

    By Bruce Bower
  12. Health & Medicine

    Human tests of experimental Ebola vaccine set to start

    NIH and NIAID have announced that human tests of an experimental vaccine against Ebola virus will begin in early September.

    By Nathan Seppa