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Life

Dangerous Digs

By properly managing a tumor cell’s microenvironment, cancer researchers are making cancer something people live with, not die from.

Environment

Cool Idea

While nations concede a pressing need for attacking carbon dioxide emissions, other pollutants offer quicker paybacks.

Humans

The Tune Wreckers

People who can’t carry a tune, or can but think they can’t, are a rich resource for researchers studying musical ability.

Animals

Collision Course

The tales of two ornithologists trying to prevent birds colliding with windows highlight the obstacles facing applied biology.

Psychology

Familiar faces

"Super recognizers" never forget a visage, an unusual ability that can be put to good use.

Cosmology

Everlasting light

Remnant glow of ancient stars offers glimpse of universe's past.

Earth

Life under ice

Lake Vostok may harbor ingredients for a complex subglacial ecosystem.

Science & Society

Impactful Distraction

Talking while driving poses dangers that people seem unable to see.

Tech

On the Rebound

Scientists revive search for new rubber sources.

Neuroscience

The Anorexic Brain

Neuroimaging improves understanding of eating disorder.

Archaeology

Notorious Bones

South African finds enter fray over origins of the human genus.

Neuroscience

Memories lost and found

Drugs that help mice remember reveal role for epigenetics in recall.