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  1. Science & Society

    Science News’ favorite books of 2016

    Science News writers and editors compiled a list of the books they were most excited about this year.

    By Science News Staff
  2. Animals

    Stretchy nerves help some big whales open wide

    Blue whales and their closest relatives have stretchy nerves near their mouths so they can open wide and swallow a lot of prey.

    By Ashley Yeager
  3. Paleontology

    Rise of East African Plateau dated by whale fossil

    A whale fossil is helping to pinpoint when the East African Plateau started to rise and how the uplift played a role in human evolution, scientists say.

    By Ashley Yeager
  4. Science & Society

    Special Report: Aging’s Future

    What is aging? How does it change the brain? How did different life histories evolve? This special report addresses those questions and more.

    By Science News Staff
  5. Tech

    Virtual reality has a motion sickness problem

    Virtual reality games and experiences can make some people sick, and women are more susceptible.

    By Betsy Mason
  6. Plants

    How to keep seagrasses as happy as a clam

    Drought can do more damage to seagrass meadows if their partnership with clams break down.

    By Susan Milius
  7. Animals

    ‘The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins’ offers window into cetacean societies

    Dolphins and whales pass cultural knowledge to one another, the authors of a new book argue.

    By Kate Baggaley
  8. Animals

    Bowhead whales may unlock the secrets to a long, healthy life

    Analyzing the genome of the bowhead whale may help scientists understand how the animals live for more than 200 years.

    By Kate Baggaley
  9. Animals

    Some animals’ internal clocks follow a different drummer

    Circadian clocks in some animals tick-tock to a different beat.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  10. Animals

    Numbers of California blue whales rebound

    Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, were hunted nearly to extinction. Now the population that feeds off the coast of California appears to have rebounded to close to prewhaling numbers.

    By Ashley Yeager
  11. Life

    ‘Racing Extinction’ documents plight of endangered species

    The new documentary "Racing Extinction" offers hope that people can halt the sixth mass extinction.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Genetics

    Readers question gene-drive engineered mosquitoes and their predators

    Readers discuss the effects of gene-drive engineered mosquitoes and muse on their science bucket list.

    By Science News Staff