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  1. Oceans

    The Arctic is a final garbage dump for ocean plastic

    Ocean currents dump plastic garbage from the North Atlantic into previously pristine Arctic waters, new research shows.

    By Thomas Sumner
  2. Neuroscience

    Brain gains seen in elderly mice injected with human umbilical cord plasma

    Plasma from human umbilical cord blood refreshes aspects of learning and memory in mice.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Particle Physics

    Scientists find amazement in what’s most familiar

    Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses the unexpected nature of science.

    By Elizabeth Quill
  4. Animals

    Readers bugged by wine-spoiling stinkbugs

    Stinkbug hazards, Great Lakes invaders and more reader feedback.

    By Science News Staff
  5. Animals

    Venomous fish have evolved many ways to inflict pain

    Fish venom shows great diversity and is being studied to treat pain, cancer and other diseases.

    By Amber Dance
  6. Health & Medicine

    Frog slime protein fights off the flu

    Urumin, a protein found in Indian frog mucus secretions, has a knack for taking down H1 flu viruses, a new study finds.

    By Helen Thompson
  7. Health & Medicine

    Frog slime protein fights off the flu

    Urumin, a protein found in Indian frog mucus secretions, has a knack for taking down H1 flu viruses, a new study finds.

    By Helen Thompson
  8. Archaeology

    How the house mouse tamed itself

    When people began to settle down, animals followed. Some made successful auditions as our domesticated species. Others — like mice — became our vermin, a new study shows.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  9. Health & Medicine

    Autism, ADHD risk not linked to prenatal exposure to antidepressants

    Taking antidepressants during pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, two new large studies suggest.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  10. Planetary Science

    Bubbles may put mysterious fizz in Titan’s polar sea

    Nitrogen bubbles may be the source of the “magic island” on Saturn’s moon Titan.

    By Ashley Yeager
  11. Planetary Science

    Nitrogen fizz fuels ‘magic island’ on Titan, simulation suggests

    Nitrogen bubbles may be the source of the “magic island” on Saturn’s moon Titan.

    By Ashley Yeager
  12. Physics

    There’s still a lot we don’t know about the proton

    Researchers are puzzling over the proton's radius, spin and whether it decays.

    By Emily Conover