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  1. Astronomy

    Onward and Skyward

    With new efforts aimed at the stars, China seeks to revive its astronomical reputation.

    By Nadia Drake
  2. Climate

    Extremely Bad Weather

    Teasing out global warming's role in worsening hurricanes, droughts and other extreme events.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Tech

    Beginnings of Bionic

    Electronics that bend with the human body may soon make their way into medical devices to track health, deliver treatments and improve surgery.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Astronomy

    Prospecting for Quasicrystals

    Siberian journey nets a mineralogical space oddity.

    By Nadia Drake
  5. Health & Medicine

    Suicidal Threads

    Early abuse weaves its way into the brain, with potentially tragic consequences.

    By Laura Sanders
  6. Life

    Nouveaux Antennas

    A single hairlike appendage may allow a cell to sense the outside world

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Life

    Scent Into Action

    Rodent responses to a whiff of predator may offer clues to instinct in the brain.

    By Meghan Rosen
  8. Humans

    Social Media Sway

    Worries over political misinformation on Twitter attract scientists’ attention.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  9. Health & Medicine

    Tricks Foods Play

    Most people would never equate downing a well-dressed salad or a fried chicken thigh with toking a joint of marijuana. But to Joseph Hibbeln of the National Institutes of Health, the comparison isn’t a big stretch.

    By Janet Raloff
  10. Animals

    Face Smarts

    Macaques, sheep and even wasps may join people as masters at facial recognition.

    By Susan Milius
  11. Planetary Science

    Planetary Peekaboo

    Astronomers aren’t playing games when it comes to spotting an exoEarth.

    By Nadia Drake
  12. Tech

    When Networks Network

    Once studied solo, systems display surprising behavior when they interact.

    By Elizabeth Quill