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  1. Astronomy

    Magnetic bubbles could shield astronauts from radiation

    With help from plasma and a magnet, solar storms' dangers would lessen on long space trips.

    By Meghan Rosen
  2. Physics

    ‘Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field’ is a biography of brilliance

    Authors Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon show how two men’s work came together to change physics.

    By Tom Siegfried
  3. Psychology

    Westerners sleep more than people from Eastern nations

    Sleep schedules vary from country to country, with social demands like work and study providing the primary incentives to stay up.

    By Science News Staff
  4. Life

    Animal sex lives exposed in ‘Nature’s Nether Regions’

    What the sex lives of bugs, birds, and beasts tell us about evolution, biodiversity, and ourselves.