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  1. Neuroscience

    Brain waves may focus attention and keep information flowing

    Not just by-products of busy nerve cells, brain waves may be key to how the brain operates.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Anthropology

    Modern chimp brains share similarities with ancient hominids

    MRIs suggest certain brain folding patterns don’t mark ancient humanlike neural advances after all, raising questions about hominid brain evolution.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Anthropology

    Humans don’t get enough sleep. Just ask other primates.

    Short, REM-heavy sleep bouts separate humans from other primates, scientists find. Sleeping on the ground may have a lot to do with it.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Plants

    The flowers that give us chocolate are ridiculously hard to pollinate

    Cacao trees are really fussy about pollination.

    By Susan Milius

  5. February 17, 2018

    In the Feb. 17 SN: Magnetic knots, the realities of play, cloned monkeys debut, redating humans' African exit, lessons in DNA packing, Martian water loss, a forager smell test, and more.

    By Science News
  6. Genetics

    Baby macaques are the first primates to be cloned like Dolly the Sheep

    Scientists have cloned two baby macaque monkeys with the same technique used to clone Dolly. The research could help advance the cloning of other species.

    By Dan Garisto
  7. Animals

    Trove of hummingbird flight data reveals secrets of nimble flying

    Tweaks in muscle and wing form give different hummingbird species varying levels of agility.

    By Susan Milius
  8. Health & Medicine

    Zika cases are down, but researchers prepare for the virus’s return

    The number of Zika cases in the Western Hemisphere have dropped this year, but the need for basic scientific and public health research of the virus remains strong.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  9. Science & Society

    Here are our favorite science books of 2017

    Science News writers and editors make their picks for top science books of the year.

    By Science News Staff
  10. Health & Medicine

    Zika hasn’t been in the news much, but that doesn’t mean it’s gone

    Cases of Zika have dropped as more people become exposed, but the virus will likely emerge again in the future.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  11. Life

    The next wave of bird flu could be worse than ever

    Deadly bird flu can pass between ferrets through the air.

    By Laurel Hamers
  12. Health & Medicine

    By ganging up, HIV antibodies may defeat the virus

    A duo or trio of powerful antibodies was effective at stopping an HIV-like infection in lab monkeys, two studies find.

    By Aimee Cunningham