Vol. 191 No. 5
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  1. Life

    Malaria molecule makes blood extra-alluring to mosquitoes

    Scientists have identified a molecule that draws mosquitoes to malaria-infected blood.

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  2. Psychology

    Physically abused kids learn to fail at social rules for success

    What physically abused kids learn about rewards at home can lead to misbehavior elsewhere.

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  3. Paleontology

    Fossil shows that ancient reptile gave live birth

    A new fossil shows that a prehistoric reptile may have given birth to live young, unlike its egg-laying descendants, birds and crocodiles.

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  4. Genetics

    Human gene editing therapies are OK in certain cases, panel advises

    A panel of experts says clinical gene editing to correct and prevent human disease should move forward, but enhancements should not be allowed.

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  5. Animals

    Too many stinkbugs spoil the wine

    Stinkbugs can ruin wine if enough are accidentally processed alive with the grapes. Three or fewer stinkbugs per grape cluster don’t have a noticeable effect on red wine.

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  6. Ecosystems

    Seagrasses boost ecosystem health by fighting bad bacteria

    Seagrasses might reduce bacteria levels in ocean water.

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  7. Planetary Science

    Ceres harbors homegrown organic compounds

    NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has detected organic matter — the building blocks of life — on the dwarf planet Ceres, a new study suggests.

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  8. Chemistry

    Helium’s inertness defied by high-pressure compound

    At pressures over a million atmospheres, helium reacts with sodium.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Common fungus may raise asthma risk

    The presence of a fungus in the infant gut can signal development of asthma by age 5.

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  10. Microbes

    Microbes survived inside giant cave crystals for up to 50,000 years

    Microbes trapped in crystals in Mexico's Naica mine may represent some of the most distinct life-forms found in Earth so far.

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  11. Life

    New imaging technique catches DNA ‘blinking’ on

    Dye-free imaging technique zooms in below 10-nanometer threshold, allowing new cellular views.

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  12. Plants

    Enzymes aid rice plants’ arsenic defenses

    Rice plant roots have natural defenses against arsenic.

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  13. Life

    Howler monkeys may owe their color vision to leaf hue

    Better color vision gives howler monkeys an edge at finding food.

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  14. Earth

    Newly identified continent Zealandia faces a battle for recognition

    Geologists make the case for a new continent, dubbed Zealandia, found largely submerged beneath the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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  15. Animals

    Coral reef crab named after Harry Potter characters

    Bizarre rubble-dwelling crab named after critter collector and Harry Potter characters.

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  16. Health & Medicine

    DNA may offer rapid road to Zika vaccine

    Researchers are pursuing multiple vaccine strategies for blocking Zika infection.

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  17. Life

    Origin of photosynthesis may go further back than estimates from 50 years ago

    Analyzing ancient rocks has helped push back the date when photosynthetic organisms first emerged by nearly a billion years.

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  18. Anthropology

    ‘Monkeytalk’ invites readers into the complex social world of monkeys

    In Monkeytalk, a primatologist evaluates what’s known about monkeys’ complex social lives in the wild.

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