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Genes & Cells
Cells

News | Cells

Humans have skeletal stem cells that help bones and cartilage grow

By Tina Hesman Saey | 11:08am, September 20, 2018

Development

News | Development

Teens born from assisted pregnancies may have higher blood pressure

By Aimee Cunningham | 6:00am, September 05, 2018

Epigenetics

News | Epigenetics

Genes could record forensic clues to time of death

By Erika Engelhaupt | 5:12pm, February 13, 2018

Genetics

News | Genetics

In lab tests, this gene drive wiped out a population of mosquitoes

By Tina Hesman Saey | 11:20am, September 24, 2018

Immune Science

50 Years Ago | Immune Science

50 years ago, a flu pandemic spurred vaccine research

By Cassie Martin | 9:00am, September 21, 2018

Microbiology

News | Microbiology

We may now know when hand, foot and mouth disease outbreaks will occur

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:00pm, August 23, 2018

Molecular Evolution

News | Molecular Evolution

A ghost gene leaves ocean mammals vulnerable to some pesticides

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

Physiology

News in Brief | Physiology

Kidney stones grow and dissolve much like geological crystals

By Aimee Cunningham | 7:00am, September 21, 2018
Humans & Society
Ancestry

News in Brief | Ancestry

Meet the first known child of a Neandertal and a Denisovan

By Tina Hesman Saey | 1:00pm, August 22, 2018

Anthropology

News | Anthropology

The way hunter-gatherers share food shows how cooperation evolved

By Bruce Bower | 1:31pm, September 21, 2018

Archaeology

News | Archaeology

This South African cave stone may bear the world’s oldest drawing

By Bruce Bower | 1:00pm, September 12, 2018

History of Science

Reviews & Previews | History of Science

‘Accessory to War’ probes the uneasy alliance between space science and the military

By Maria Temming | 10:00am, September 04, 2018

Human Evolution

News in Brief | Human Evolution

Butchered bird bones put humans in Madagascar 10,500 years ago

By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, September 12, 2018

Language

News | Language

Huge ‘word gap’ holding back low-income children may not exist after all

By Bruce Bower | 5:30am, September 04, 2018

Networks

The List | Networks

Ask AI: How not to kill online conversations

By Maria Temming | 9:00am, January 03, 2018

Psychology

Science & the Public | Psychology

‘Replication crisis’ spurs reforms in how science studies are done

By Bruce Bower | 11:00am, August 27, 2018

Science & Society

News | Science & Society

Drug overdose deaths in America are rising exponentially

By Aimee Cunningham | 6:01pm, September 20, 2018
Life & Evolution
Animals

Science Visualized | Animals

How math helps explain the delicate patterns of dragonfly wings

By Emily Conover | 8:00am, September 23, 2018

Biophysics

Reviews & Previews | Biophysics

Smart plants can teach us a thing or two

By Rachel Ehrenberg | 7:00am, September 18, 2018

Conservation

News | Conservation

DNA from seized elephant ivory unmasks 3 big trafficking cartels in Africa

By Laurel Hamers | 2:00pm, September 19, 2018

Ecology

Wild Things | Ecology

A gentoo penguin’s dinner knows how to fight back

By Sarah Zielinski | 2:12pm, September 04, 2018

Evolution

It's Alive | Evolution

These songbirds violently fling and then impale their prey

By Susan Milius | 6:00am, September 07, 2018

Fungi

News | Fungi

A deadly fungus is infecting snake species seemingly at random

By Laurel Hamers | 4:35pm, December 20, 2017

Microbes

Feature | Microbes

How plant microbes could feed the world and save endangered species

By Amber Dance | 11:00am, September 06, 2018

Paleontology

News | Paleontology

Cholesterol traces suggest these mysterious fossils were animals, not fungi

By Carolyn Gramling | 2:06pm, September 20, 2018

Plants

News in Brief | Plants

How the poppy got its pain-relieving powers

By Laurel Hamers | 2:00pm, August 30, 2018

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