News in Brief

  1. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    The right speed for a caress, plus the punny brain, rocking babies and more in this week’s news.

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  2. Life

    Life

    The perils of insect enslavement, bats’ hairy flight and crustacean-inspired optics in this week’s news.

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  3. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    When Jupiter aligns with Mars’ moon, plus a salty Saturnian moon and an eye-catching comet in this week’s news.

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  4. Humans

    Humans

    Practice alone doesn’t make perfect, plus healing from genocide and a baby’s-eye view of failure in this week’s news.

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  5. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Human magnetism, electronic fungus sniffers and heat-triggered tumor killers in this week's news.

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  6. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Platypuses in trouble, toxins in lakes and a chemical link to early puberty in this week’s news.

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  7. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Self-sufficient pancreatic cells, tingly spinal cells and vitamin D for gum disease in this week’s news.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Sight restored after 55 years, plus hockey-checking injuries, statins' diabetes link and more in this week's news.

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  9. Life

    Life

    Ultrasonic ribbits, saving dead trees and fishy retribution in this week’s news.

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  10. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Moons may be common, plus transforming neutrinos, new comet images and more in this week’s news.

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  11. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    A first look at the roots of sight, plus fading blues, steady birds and more in this week’s news.

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  12. Earth

    Earth & Environment

    Earth’s bulging waistline, plus ancient mangrove swamps and new threats from wildfires in this week’s news.

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