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  1. Health & Medicine

    Don’t put greasy Q-tips up your kid’s nose, and other nosebleed advice

    Nosebleeds in children are common and usually nothing to fret about.

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  2. Paleontology

    Dinosaurs may have used color as camouflage

    Fossilized pigments could paint a vivid picture of a dinosaur’s life.

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  3. Quantum Physics

    ‘Time crystal’ created in lab

    A chain of ions creates a crystal that repeats in time instead of in space.

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  4. Science & Society

    See where Clinton and Trump stand on science

    Science News looks at where presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on seven key science issues, from genetic engineering to space exploration.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Nerve cell links severed in early stages of Alzheimer’s

    Nerve cell connections may be trimmed too much in early stages of Alzheimer’s.

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  6. Chemistry

    ‘Q-carbon’ may offer quick route to diamonds

    Q-carbon might be the third form of solid carbon, but some scientists have doubts.

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  7. Genetics

    Gene drives spread their wings

    Gene drives may wipe out malaria and take down invasive species. But they may be difficult to control.

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  8. Astronomy

    Comet carries alcohol, sugar

    Sugar and alcohol are just two of the ingredients that go into making a comet.

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  9. Computing

    Artificial intelligence conquers Space Invaders, Pong, Q*bert

    With a single algorithm, a computer can learn dozens of classic video games, researchers from Google DeepMind in London report.

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  10. Animals

    Ten real-life Halloween horrors in the natural world

    Vampires and witches are nothing compared to mind-controlling parasites, nose ticks and antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

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  11. Life

    Microscapes take off at D.C’s Dulles airport

    “Life: Magnified,” a display of microscope images depicting cells, microbes and details of life invisible to the naked eye runs from June to November.

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  12. Life

    Here’s the poop on getting your gut microbiome analyzed

    One Science News writer donated her used toilet paper for science and learned that microbiome research is as uncharted as the Wild West.

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