News in Brief

  1. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Sweet pollution, toxic fumes from dry-cleaned clothes and more in this week’s news.

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  2. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Caterpillars brainwashed by virus, bacteria break DNA and more in this week’s news.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Vaccine knocks down diarrhea cases, a flag for mortality risk and more in this week’s news.

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  4. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Long-lost Martian glaciers, ozone on Venus and more in this week’s news.

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  5. Humans

    Humans

    Humans and Neandertals may not have interbred, after all, the backlash of selfishness and more in this week's news.

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  6. Chemistry

    Molecules

    Tracking the source of wines’ deep reds, fish oil goes to the brain and more in this week’s news.

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  7. Earth

    Earth & Environment

    The supercontinent of the future, pollutants from laundry detergent and more in this week’s news

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  8. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Bacterium’s DNA mostly unused, the death of Black Death and more in this week’s news.

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  9. Life

    Life

    Bird marriages hurt by city hubbub, tadpoles poison their own kind and more in this week's news.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    One defense against diarrhea and early hints of diabetes in obese children in this week’s news

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  11. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Planets born with off-kilter orbits, the planet formerly known as a star and more in this week's news.

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  12. Humans

    Humans

    High winds presage blustery neighbors, cell phones wasted on the young and more in this week's news.

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