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Genes & Cells
Cells

Science Visualized | Cells

How light-farming chloroplasts morph into defensive warriors

By Jeremy Rehm | 8:00am, January 28, 2019

Development

News | Development

Slow sperm may fail at crashing ‘gates’ on their way to an egg

By Aimee Cunningham | 2:49pm, February 13, 2019

Epigenetics

News | Epigenetics

Teens born from assisted pregnancies may have higher blood pressure

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

Genetics

News | Genetics

DNA reveals early mating between Asian herders and European farmers

By Bruce Bower | 6:00am, February 08, 2019

Immune Science

News in Brief | Immune Science

In some cases, getting dengue may protect against Zika

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:00pm, February 07, 2019

Microbiology

Feature | Microbiology

A gut-brain link for Parkinson’s gets a closer look

By Laura Beil | 9:00am, December 07, 2018

Molecular Evolution

News | Molecular Evolution

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

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

Physiology

News | Physiology

This bacteria-fighting protein also induces sleep

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:03pm, January 31, 2019
Humans & Society
Ancestry

News | Ancestry

Ancient DNA suggests people settled South America in at least 3 waves

By Tina Hesman Saey | 9:00am, November 09, 2018

Anthropology

News | Anthropology

Evolutionarily, grandmas are good for grandkids — up to a point

By Sujata Gupta | 11:00am, February 07, 2019

Archaeology

News in Brief | Archaeology

Tooth plaque shows drinking milk goes back 3,000 years in Mongolia

By Carolyn Gramling | 7:00am, February 17, 2019

History of Science

Reviews & Previews | History of Science

‘Beyond Weird’ and ‘What Is Real?’ try to make sense of quantum weirdness

By Tom Siegfried | 8:00am, January 06, 2019

Human Evolution

News | Human Evolution

New dates narrow down when Denisovans and Neandertals crossed paths

By Bruce Bower | 1:00pm, January 30, 2019

Language

News | Language

Artificial intelligence is learning not to be so literal

By Maria Temming | 6:00am, February 05, 2019

Networks

The List | Networks

Ask AI: How not to kill online conversations

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

Psychology

News | Psychology

STEM professors’ beliefs on intelligence may widen the racial achievement gap

By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, February 15, 2019

Science & Society

Soapbox | Science & Society

Why a data scientist warns against always trusting AI’s scientific discoveries

By Maria Temming | 1:28pm, February 20, 2019
Life & Evolution
Animals

News | Animals

The world’s largest bee has been rediscovered after 38 years

By Jeremy Rehm | 2:31pm, February 21, 2019

Biophysics

Science Visualized | Biophysics

Physics explains how pollen gets its stunning diversity of shapes

By Emily Conover | 7:00am, February 20, 2019

Conservation

50 Years Ago | Conservation

50 years ago, DDT pushed peregrine falcons to the edge of extinction

By Allie Wilkinson | 7:00am, February 14, 2019

Ecology

News in Brief | Ecology

Floating seabirds provide a novel way to trace ocean currents

By Jeremy Rehm | 9:00am, January 10, 2019

Evolution

News | Evolution

A deer-sized T. rex ancestor shows how fast tyrannosaurs became giants

By Jeremy Rehm | 9:00am, February 21, 2019

Fungi

News | Fungi

A deadly fungus is infecting snake species seemingly at random

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

Microbes

The Name Game | Microbes

Studies can be in vitro, in vivo and now ‘in fimo’ — in poop

By Laurel Hamers | 7:00am, January 09, 2019

Paleontology

News | Paleontology

Dueling dates for a huge eruption reignite the debate over dinosaurs’ death

By Carolyn Gramling | 2:14pm, February 21, 2019

Plants

It's Alive | Plants

Shutdown aside, Joshua trees live an odd life

By Susan Milius | 8:00am, February 06, 2019

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