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  1. Physics

    Rarest nucleus reluctant to decay

    Tantalum-180m has a half-life more than a million times the age of the universe.

    By Emily Conover
  2. Health & Medicine

    Japanese scientist wins Nobel for revealing secrets of cellular recycling

    Discovering how cells act as mini recycling plants wins the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi.

    By Laurel Hamers
  3. Animals

    New book tells strange tales of evolution

    'The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar' features a cadre of critters that have evolved seemingly bizarre solutions to some of life’s biggest problems.

    By Cassie Martin
  4. Genetics

    To make female pill bugs, just add bacterial genes

    Genes from Wolbachia bacteria infiltrated pill bugs and now make genetic males female.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Animals

    Nature has a dog problem

    Free-roaming dogs spread disease, kill wildlife by the thousands and have even caused extinctions. But their full effect on the environment has been little studied.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  6. Planetary Science

    Rosetta spacecraft lands on comet, ends mission

    The Rosetta mission comes to an end as spacecraft touches down on surface of comet 67P/ Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

    By Christopher Crockett
  7. Planetary Science

    Rosetta spacecraft ends mission

    The Rosetta mission comes to an end as spacecraft touches down on surface of comet 67P/ Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

    By Christopher Crockett
  8. Cosmology

    After Big Bang, shock waves rocked newborn universe

    Shock waves in the early universe could explain the generation of magnetic fields and the predominance of matter over antimatter.

    By Emily Conover
  9. Health & Medicine

    Don’t cocoon a kid who has a concussion

    Parents should fight the urge to limit kids’ activities after a concussion.

    By Laura Sanders
  10. Animals

    Primitive signs of emotions spotted in sugar-buzzed bumblebees

    When bumblebees eat a sugary snack, they make more optimistic decisions, a new study finds. This could be early evidence for emotion in insects.

    By Emily Underwood
  11. Health & Medicine

    Zika virus infects cells that make bone, muscle in lab tests

    Zika virus infects embryonic cranial cells in lab-grown minibrains, potentially altering face and skull shape and brain development, and maybe even contributing to microcephaly.

    By Meghan Rosen
  12. Genetics

    Gene linked to autism in people may influence dog sociability

    DNA variants were linked to beagles’ tendency to seek human help.

    By Tina Hesman Saey