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  1. Animals

    Sandboxes keep chicken parasites at bay

    Fluffing feathers in sand and dust prevents severe mite infections in cage-free hens.

    By Amy McDermott
  2. Animals

    Kauai’s native forest birds are headed toward extinction

    Kauai’s honeycreepers are losing their last refuges from mosquito-borne diseases that are spreading due to climate change. Some could become extinct within a decade.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  3. 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.

    By Science News Staff
  4. Planetary Science

    Moon rocks may have misled asteroid bombardment dating

    Discrepancies in moon rock dating muddy Late Heavy Bombardment debate.

    By Laurel Hamers
  5. Paleontology

    Pterosaurs weren’t all super-sized in the Late Cretaceous

    A 77-million-year-old flying reptile may be the smallest pterosaur of the Late Cretaceous.

    By Meghan Rosen
  6. Planetary Science

    Rock star Freddie Mercury now has his own space rock

    Queen front man Freddie Mercury is the latest in a long list of celebrities to have an asteroid named after him.

    By Christopher Crockett
  7. Animals

    As IUCN votes on ivory trade, elephants’ future looks bleak

    As the IUCN prepares to debate an end to the ivory trade, two new reports show just how poorly Africa’s elephant species are faring.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  8. Animals

    Tiny structures give a peacock spider its radiant rump

    Peacock spiders use pigments and complex nanostructures to achieve bright dance costumes.

    By Helen Thompson
  9. Health & Medicine

    Panel outlines research priorities for ‘Cancer Moonshot’

    Recommendations for President Barack Obama’s Cancer Moonshot include improved data sharing, focus on immunotherapy and commitment to patient engagement.

    By Laura Beil
  10. Neuroscience

    Brain training can alter opinions of faces

    Covert neural training could shift people’s opinions of faces.

    By Laura Sanders
  11. Life

    Scientists watch as bacteria evolve antibiotic resistance

    A giant petri dish exposes the evolutionary dynamics behind antibiotic resistance.

    By Laurel Hamers
  12. Earth

    Where the young hot Earth cached its gold

    A simulation of the infant Earth provides a new view of how the iron-loving precious metals ended up buried deep in the planet’s core.

    By Alexandra Witze