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  1. Earth

    Let’s Get Vertical

    City buildings offer opportunities for farms to grow up instead of out.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Astronomy

    Dead — but not duds

    White dwarfs shed light on physics and the fate of the cosmos.

    By Ashley Yeager
  3. Astronomy

    Last Call

    The final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope could radically transform the observatory, but the crew faces some special challenges.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Neuroscience

    Breaking the Barrier

    A technique combining ultrasound pulses with microbubbles may help scientists move therapeutic drugs across the brain’s protective divide.

    By Tia Ghose
  5. Life

    Sting Operation

    Scientists use bees and wasps to sniff out the illicit and the dangerous.

    By Susan Gaidos

  6. Potent Promise: Essential Stemness

    Scientists move closer to understanding the dual fates of embryonic stem cells — to divide or develop.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Physics

    It’s Likely That Times Are Changing

    A century ago, mathematician Hermann Minkowski famously merged space with time, establishing a new foundation for physics; today physicists are rethinking how the two should fit together

    By Tom Siegfried

  8. Potent Promise: Back to the Womb

    Reverting adult cells to an embryonic state without creating embryos is a tricky business.

    By Patrick Barry

  9. Pop chirp bite crunch chew

    The ultrasonic din of dying trees inspires a new kind of research to save forests from beetle attacks — and battle climate change

    By Science News

  10. Evolution’s Ear

    Recent changes in hearing-related genes may have influenced language development

    By Bruce Bower

  11. Special Music Issue : PDF Download page

    All files are saved as PDFs.  Please download Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view these files. Music Special : Complete PackagePDF (1.8 MB) Birth of the beat (Bruce Bower) / Seeking a definition (Elizabeth Quill)/ Not just a pleasant sound (Elizabeth Quill) PDF (797 KB) More than a feeling (Susan Gaidos)/ Moody Tunes (Science News Staff)/ […]

    By Science News
  12. Animals

    Built for Speed

    Animals would prove fierce competitors at the Olympics — if only they would stay in their lanes.

    By Susan Milius