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Planetary Science

Uranus may have looked weird when NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by

A solar wind event days before the NASA probe flyby in 1986 may have compressed the planet’s magnetosphere, making it look odder than it usually is.

Genetics

A common drug may help treat a rare genetic disease

Ibuprofen counters problems caused by mutations in the MAN1B1 gene, fruit fly tests show. Early results in three children are ”fairly positive.”

Environment

Fire-prone neighborhoods on the fringes of nature are rapidly expanding

The transition zone where unoccupied wildlands meet developed areas increased globally by about 35 percent from 2000 to 2020.