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Atom & Cosmos
Astrobiology

Rethink | Astrobiology

We may not have found aliens yet because we’ve barely begun looking

By Lisa Grossman | 8:00am, September 30, 2018

Astronomy

News | Astronomy

Astronomers spot another star that flickers like Tabby’s star

By Lisa Grossman | 10:14am, November 16, 2018

Cosmology

News | Cosmology

Hints of Oort clouds around other stars may lurk in the universe’s first light

By Lisa Grossman | 6:00am, November 09, 2018

Exoplanets

News | Exoplanets

The planet-hunting Kepler space telescope is dead

By Lisa Grossman | 5:11pm, October 30, 2018

Particle Physics

News in Brief | Particle Physics

Physicists measured Earth’s mass using neutrinos for the first time

By Emily Conover | 11:00am, November 05, 2018

Planetary Science

Introducing | Planetary Science

One of Earth’s shimmering dust clouds has been spotted at last

By Lisa Grossman | 6:00am, November 13, 2018
Body & Brain
Biomedicine

News | Biomedicine

Artificial intelligence crowdsources data to speed up drug discovery

By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, October 18, 2018

Cancer

News | Cancer

Discovery of how to prod a patient’s immune system to fight cancer wins a Nobel

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:30pm, October 01, 2018

Clinical Trials

News | Clinical Trials

A potent fish oil drug may protect high-risk patients against heart attacks

By Aimee Cunningham | 3:00pm, November 10, 2018

Health

News | Health

FDA restricts the sale of some flavored e-cigarettes as teen use soars

By Aimee Cunningham | 1:05pm, November 16, 2018

Human Development

News | Human Development

Pregnant women’s use of opioids is on the rise

By Leah Rosenbaum | 4:00pm, August 09, 2018

Mental Health

Feature | Mental Health

Virtual reality therapy has real-life benefits for some mental disorders

By Maria Temming | 8:24am, November 01, 2018

Neuroscience

News in Brief | Neuroscience

Marijuana may change the decision-making part of teen brains

By Laura Sanders | 4:05pm, November 07, 2018

Nutrition

News | Nutrition

Coffee or tea? Your preference may be written in your DNA

By Tina Hesman Saey | 9:00am, November 15, 2018
Earth & Environment
Agriculture

News | Agriculture

Plants engineered to always be on alert don’t grow well

By Jennifer Leman | 4:09pm, October 22, 2018

Climate

News | Climate

Development near natural areas puts more Californians in the path of wildfires

By Laurel Hamers | 2:30pm, November 15, 2018

Earth

News | Earth

A massive crater hides beneath Greenland’s ice

By Carolyn Gramling | 2:00pm, November 14, 2018

Ecosystems

Feature | Ecosystems

How mammoths competed with other animals and lost

By Alexandra Witze | 12:30pm, November 13, 2018

Oceans

News | Oceans

Warm tropical Atlantic waters juiced the 2017 hurricane season

By Carolyn Gramling | 11:40am, September 28, 2018

Pollution

Science Stats | Pollution

Car tires and brake pads produce harmful microplastics

By Jennifer Leman | 8:38am, November 12, 2018

Sustainability

News | Sustainability

New devices could help turn atmospheric CO₂ into useful supplies

By Maria Temming | 6:00am, October 30, 2018

Toxicology

News | Toxicology

A ghost gene leaves ocean mammals vulnerable to some pesticides

By Cassie Martin | 2:00pm, August 09, 2018

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