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  1. Quantum Physics

    Hawking radiation spotted within sonic black hole

    Lab-created sonic black hole emits energy as famed physicist Stephen Hawking predicted, though the experiment may not be definitive.

    By Andrew Grant
  2. Health & Medicine

    Drug-resistant staph common in football players

    Athletes in contact sports should wash their hands (and dirty gym clothes) often, researchers say.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Science & Society

    Nobels go to maps, LEDs, microscopy

    The 2014 Nobel Prizes in chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine went to discoveries that defy single-discipline labels.

    By Andrew Grant, Beth Mole, Meghan Rosen and Laura Sanders
  4. Astronomy

    Nearby galaxy might explain what tore apart universe’s hydrogen

    A local galaxy is leaking enough ultraviolet light to ionize surrounding hydrogen, which could explain how the earliest galaxies transformed the universe.