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  1. Chemistry

    Dancing droplets reveal physics at work

    Magnetic fields can deflect liquid oxygen subject to the unusual “Leidenfrost effect.”

    By Alexandra Witze
  2. Health & Medicine

    Coffee gives jolt to life span

    Unlike wine's, coffee's benefits apparently keep increasing well beyond the first two servings.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Space

    Stellar superflares’ trigger challenged

    Massive eruptions on sunlike stars might not require magnetic interactions from a big, hot, nearby planet.

    By Nadia Drake
  4. Humans

    Don’t listen to advice, and other advice from Nobel laureates

    Top scientists share stories and words of wisdom with finalists at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

    By Devin Powell
  5. Tech

    Paralyzed woman grips, sips coffee with robot arm

    For the first time, a brain-computer interface is powerful enough to enable useful movement in human patients.