News in Brief

  1. Health & Medicine

    Food/Nutrition

    Losing weight with chocolate, plus deep-fried dioxins, edible sunscreens and more in this week's news

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  2. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    A moth with chemical weapons, light-up bubbles and insidious fungi in this week’s news.

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  3. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    So much for the man-sized snail, plus Indonesia’s quake risk, overheated reefs and more in this week’s news.

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  4. Physics

    American Physical Society meeting

    Gas sheds light on dark matter, plus cosmic ray clusters and blue-light imaging in the news.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Sleeping babies are growing babies, plus the body-brain connection and women’s circadian clocks in this week’s news.

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  6. Life

    Life

    Jellyfish keep eyes on the sky, plus hot mosquitoes, the key to royal jelly and more in this week’s news.

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  7. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    A world record for atom smashing, plus black hole threesomes, a volcanic Mars and more in this week’s news.

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  8. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Groovy snake bites, buzzy microphones and coiling liquids in this week’s news.

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  9. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    How Antarctica got its ice, plus Chinese dust-ups and rising bird malaria in this week’s news.

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  10. Life

    Genes & Cells

    A boost for tired antibiotics, plus a fishy mom’s mucus and high-gravity microbes in this week’s news.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    A genetic cause for small brains, heart links to HIV and calcium, and more in this week’s news.

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  12. Life

    Life

    An orchid uses its moldy looks to draw flies, plus snake fights and beelining whales in this week’s news.

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