In the Oct. 29 SN: Rebuilding coral reefs, moving beyond genomics to better map life’s networks, 2016 Nobel prizes, Zika’s long-term dangers, bumblebee optimism, musical midshipman fish, validating an ancient codex and more.

October 29, 2016

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Feature

Reef rehab could help threatened corals make a comeback

Reefs are under threat from rising ocean temperatures. Directed spawning, microfragmenting and selective breeding may help.

7 months ago

Oceans,
Conservation
Feature

Big biological datasets map life's networks

Expanding from genomics to multi-omics means stretching data capacity, but it may lead to a future of early diagnosis, personalized medicine and hardy crops.

7 months ago

Genetics,
Networks,
Health
News

Deciphering cell’s recycling machinery earns Nobel

The 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his work on autophagy, a process that cells use to break down old parts for future use.

7 months ago

Health,
Cells,
Microbiology,

Nobels 2016
It's Alive

Melatonin makes midshipman fish sing

Melatonin lets people sleep but starts male midshipman fish melodiously humming their hearts out.

7 months ago

Animals,
Neuroscience
News in Brief

Solar system sits within major spiral arm of Milky Way

The solar system appears to live in one of the major spiral arms of the Milky Way, not in an offshoot as previously thought.

7 months ago

Astronomy
Teaser

How to read a book without opening it

New technique allows scientists to read the pages of an ancient text without opening the book.

7 months ago

Technology
News

To make female pill bugs, just add bacterial genes

Genes from Wolbachia bacteria infiltrated pill bugs and now make genetic males female.

7 months ago

Genetics,
Animals,
Evolution
News

Evidence for new form of matter-antimatter asymmetry observed

Particles known as baryons show their first hints of antimatter-matter discrepancies.

7 months ago

Particle Physics
News

Ancient Maya codex not fake, new analysis claims

New report suggests an ancient Maya text — the bark-paper Grolier Codex — could be the oldest known document in Americas.

8 months ago

Archaeology,
Anthropology
News

Ancient microbe fossils show earliest evidence of shell making

Armor-plated, 809-million-year-old fossilized microbes discovered in Canada are the oldest known evidence of shell making.

7 months ago

Paleontology,
Evolution,
Microbes