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Genes & Cells
Cells

News | Cells

Droplets of these simple molecules may have helped kick-start life on Earth

By Carmen Drahl | 3:24pm, July 22, 2019

Development

News | Development

Tweaking one gene with CRISPR switched the way a snail shell spirals

By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:00am, May 14, 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

This gene may help worms live longer, but not healthier

By Tina Hesman Saey | 5:00am, July 17, 2019

Immune Science

Feature | Immune Science

New approaches may help solve the Lyme disease diagnosis dilemma

By Laura Beil | 7:00am, June 23, 2019

Microbiology

News in Brief | Microbiology

These fungi drug cicadas with psilocybin or amphetamine to make them mate nonstop

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:42pm, June 25, 2019

Molecular Evolution

News | Molecular Evolution

Key parts of a fruit fly’s genetic makeup have finally been decoded

By Tina Hesman Saey | 12:05pm, May 17, 2019

Physiology

News | Physiology

Both fish and humans have REM-like sleep

By Tina Hesman Saey | 1:38pm, July 10, 2019
Humans & Society
Ancestry

News in Brief | Ancestry

DNA reveals ancient Siberians who set the stage for the first Americans

By Bruce Bower | 12:00pm, June 07, 2019

Anthropology

News | Anthropology

A Greek skull may belong to the oldest human found outside of Africa

By Bruce Bower | 1:00pm, July 10, 2019

Archaeology

Essay | Archaeology

Ancient humans used the moon as a calendar in the sky

By Rebecca Boyle | 8:00am, July 09, 2019

History of Science

Feature | History of Science

Accolades, skepticism and science marked Science News’ coverage of Apollo

By Christopher Crockett | 6:00am, July 16, 2019

Human Evolution

News | Human Evolution

Longer gaps between births can halve infant deaths in developing nations

By Sujata Gupta | 7:00am, July 19, 2019

Language

News | Language

The rise of farming altered our bite and changed how people talk

By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, March 14, 2019

Networks

The List | Networks

Ask AI: How not to kill online conversations

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

Psychology

News | Psychology

Bad moods could be contagious among ravens

By Carolyn Wilke | 5:37pm, May 20, 2019

Science & Society

Science Visualized | Science & Society

See how visualizations of the moon have changed over time

By Cassandra Willyard | 6:00am, July 10, 2019
Life & Evolution
Animals

News in Brief | Animals

A deadly fungus gives ‘zombie’ ants a case of lockjaw

By Carolyn Wilke | 6:00pm, July 17, 2019

Biophysics

News in Brief | Biophysics

This body-on-a-chip mimics how organs and cancer cells react to drugs

By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, June 19, 2019

Conservation

News | Conservation

Spraying bats with ‘good’ bacteria may combat deadly white nose syndrome

By Kathleen O'Neil | 9:00am, July 15, 2019

Ecology

Science Stats | Ecology

Planting trees could buy more time to fight climate change than thought

By Susan Milius | 9:02am, July 17, 2019

Evolution

News in Brief | Evolution

Southern right whale moms and calves may whisper to evade orcas

By Carolyn Wilke | 11:00am, July 11, 2019

Fungi

News in Brief | Fungi

‘Sneezing’ plants may spread pathogens to their neighbors

By Emily Conover | 7:01pm, June 18, 2019

Microbes

Reviews & Previews | Microbes

‘Slime’ shows how algae have shaped our climate, evolution and daily lives

By Erika Engelhaupt | 7:00am, July 01, 2019

Paleontology

News | Paleontology

A flexible bone that helps mammals chew dates back to the Jurassic Period

By Carolyn Gramling | 2:00pm, July 18, 2019

Plants

News | Plants

People may have smoked marijuana in rituals 2,500 years ago in western China

By Bruce Bower | 2:01pm, June 12, 2019

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