News in Brief

  1. Humans

    Humans

    The sort-of-popular kids are the biggest bullies, plus more in this week’s news.

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  2. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Computer processors get even tinier, plus more in this week’s news.

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  3. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Listening for rumbles of past hurricanes, plus more in this week's news.

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  4. Genes & Cells

    Stem cells with a dual identity, plus more in this week’s news.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    A controversy about the benefits of extensive breast cancer surgery, plus more in this week’s news.

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  6. Life

    Life

    A thinner dodo, plus more in this week’s news.

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  7. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    How the moon got its water, plus more in this week’s news.

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  8. Humans

    Humans

    How cell phones exert subtle mind control, plus more in this week’s news.

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  9. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Billions of particles get entangled, plus more in this week’s news.

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  10. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Licorice may be a natural alternative to antibiotics on hog farms, plus more in this week’s news.

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  11. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Smoking can damage DNA in a flash, plus more in this week's news.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Obesity rates skyrocket worldwide, plus more in this week’s news.

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