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  1. Health & Medicine

    New COVID-19 booster shots have been approved. When should you get one?

    The vaccines target the omicron variants currently circulating in the United States.

    By Tina Hesman Saey and Meghan Rosen
  2. Health & Medicine

    A newly approved ‘living drug’ could save more cancer patients’ lives

    Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL, therapy is the first T cell treatment for solid tumors. It fights melanoma and maybe other cancers too.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Agriculture

    Can scientists make fruits and veggies resilient to climate change?

    Combining traditional plant breeding with new genomics tools is allowing scientists to grow plants that are better adapted to a warming climate.

    By Amanda Heidt
  4. Climate

    Zapping sand to create rock could help curb coastal erosion

    Low voltages generated minerals that help bind the sand into erosion-resistant rock, offering hope for shorelines ravaged by waves.

    By Sid Perkins
  5. Health & Medicine

    Expanding antibiotic treatment in sub-Saharan Africa could save kids’ lives

    Current guidelines limit treatment to infants. Giving antibiotics to at-risk kids under 5, too, has an indirect effect on infant survival, a new trial shows.

    By Anna Gibbs
  6. Physics

    The world’s fastest microscope makes its debut

    Using a laser and an electron beam, the microscope can snap images of moving electrons every 625 quintillionths of a second.

    By Skyler Ware
  7. Earth

    ‘Turning to Stone’ paints rocks as storytellers and mentors

    Part memoir, part geology explainer, Marcia Bjornerud’s latest book explores the hidden wisdom of Earth’s rocks.

    By Alka Tripathy-Lang
  8. Space

    The historic ‘Wow!’ signal may finally have a source. Sorry, it’s not aliens

    One of the best possible signs of extraterrestrial communication may have an astrophysical explanation — albeit a weird one.

    By Lisa Grossman
  9. Astronomy

    The nearest midsized black hole might instead be a horde of lightweights

    Astronomers recently reported that the Milky Way star cluster Omega Centauri hosts an elusive type of black hole. A new study says it does not.

    By Ken Croswell
  10. Animals

    This spider makes its home in the burrows of extinct giant ground sloths

    Caves made by extinct giant ground sloths make the perfect home for a newly discovered type of long-spinneret ground spider from Brazil.

    By Jake Buehler
  11. Animals

    This spider uses trapped fireflies to lure in more prey

    Male fireflies trapped in the spider’s web flash femalelike lights, possibly luring in other flying males and allowing the arachnid to stock up on food.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  12. Climate

    The world’s record-breaking hot streak has lasted 14 months. When will it end?

    Science News spoke with NOAA climatologist Karin Gleason about the ongoing record-breaking streak of record-high global temperatures.

    By Nikk Ogasa