Science News

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  1. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Antibiotics fight breathing ailments, cat-loving rats and more in this week’s news.

  2. Life

    Life

    Anti-dengue mosquitoes, ancient stallion genes and more in this week's news.

  3. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    White dwarfs' last dance and predicting sunspots in this week's news.

  4. Humans

    Humans

    Prehistoric assembly lines, a trigger for riots and more in this week's news

  5. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Metamaterial warp drives, secrets of coffee rings and more in this week's news

  6. Earth

    Earth & Environment

    Antarctic ice flows, atmospheric response to nuclear fallout and more in this week's news.

  7. Life

    Genes & Cells

    A family without fingerprints and the long-term harm of sleep skimping in this week’s news.

  8. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Leukemia gene therapy, the brain tickle of beautiful voices and more in this week's news.

  9. Life

    Life

    Ancient Big Bird, a new marine species and more in this week's news.

  10. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Glimmers of dark matter in the Milky Way, galaxies giving birth and more in this week’s news.

  11. Earth

    Earth & Environment

    Methane from rice, killer fungus and more in this week’s news.

  12. Science Past from the issue of August 26, 1961

    EARTH ONCE GLOWED — The earth’s surface in its early years of life may have glowed like a beautiful rainbow, shimmering with the colorful array of light emitted by primitive organisms. Light emission may have occurred soon after life appeared on earth, when the atmosphere lacked oxygen…. As small amounts of oxygen appeared in the […]