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Matter & Energy

Atom & Cosmos
Astrobiology

News | Astrobiology

Mars’ lake may need an underground volcano to exist

By Lisa Grossman | 1:04pm, February 19, 2019

Astronomy

News in Brief | Astronomy

Table salt may be hiding in Europa’s underground sea

By Carolyn Wilke | 11:02am, June 14, 2019

Cosmology

Reviews & Previews | Cosmology

Carbon plays a starring role in the new book ‘Symphony in C’

By Sid Perkins | 6:00am, June 10, 2019

Exoplanets

News | Exoplanets

This planetary remnant somehow survived the death of its sun

By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, April 04, 2019

Particle Physics

News in Brief | Particle Physics

Diamond detectors could aid the search for dark matter

By Emily Conover | 8:00am, June 17, 2019

Planetary Science

News | Planetary Science

Icy volcanoes on Pluto may have spewed organic-rich water

By Lisa Grossman | 2:00pm, May 29, 2019
Body & Brain
Biomedicine

News | Biomedicine

Gut bacteria may change the way many drugs work in the body

By Maria Temming | 11:00am, June 03, 2019

Cancer

News in Brief | Cancer

Almost all healthy people harbor patches of mutated cells

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:00pm, June 06, 2019

Clinical Trials

News | Clinical Trials

A gut bacteria transplant may not help you lose weight

By Tina Hesman Saey | 12:05am, May 09, 2019

Health

News in Brief | Health

Rotavirus vaccines may lower kids’ chances of getting type 1 diabetes

By Aimee Cunningham | 10:45am, June 18, 2019

Human Development

News | Human Development

Medicaid expansion may help shrink health gaps between black and white babies

By Sujata Gupta | 11:05am, April 23, 2019

Mental Health

News | Mental Health

Why war’s emotional wounds run deeper for some kids and not others

By Bruce Bower | 8:00am, April 28, 2019

Neuroscience

News in Brief | Neuroscience

Mice and bats’ brains sync up as they interact with their own kind

By Laura Sanders | 11:00am, June 20, 2019

Nutrition

50 Years Ago | Nutrition

50 years ago, people thought MSG caused ‘Chinese restaurant syndrome’

By Allie Wilkinson | 7:00am, February 28, 2019
Earth & Environment
Agriculture

News in Brief | Agriculture

U.S honeybees had the worst winter die-off in more than a decade

By Susan Milius | 3:02pm, June 20, 2019

Climate

News | Climate

Cold War–era spy satellite images show Himalayan glaciers are melting fast

By Carolyn Gramling | 2:00pm, June 19, 2019

Earth

News | Earth

Is a long-dormant Russian volcano waking up? It’s complicated

By Carolyn Gramling | 6:00am, June 17, 2019

Ecosystems

News | Ecosystems

Many of the world’s rivers are flush with dangerous levels of antibiotics

By Carolyn Wilke | 9:00am, June 14, 2019

Oceans

News | Oceans

The world’s fisheries are incredibly intertwined, thanks to baby fish

By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, June 20, 2019

Pollution

News in Brief | Pollution

Some Canadian lakes still store DDT in their mud

By Maria Temming | 6:01am, June 13, 2019

Sustainability

Feature | Sustainability

How seafood shells could help solve the plastic waste problem

By Carmen Drahl | 11:00am, June 19, 2019

Toxicology

News | Toxicology

Chemicals in biodegradable food containers can leach into compost

By Carolyn Wilke | 2:00pm, June 04, 2019

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