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  1. Space

    NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach to the sun

    The solar probe came within 6.1 million kilometers of the surface of the sun and lived to tell the tale.

    By Lisa Grossman

  2. Twisting Words Crossword

    Solve our latest interactive crossword. We'll publish science-themed crosswords and math puzzles on alternating months.

    By Shannon Rapp
  3. Animals

    American burying beetles are making a comeback in Nebraska

    Thanks to decades of conservation to restore private grasslands, numbers of the threatened insect are on the rise in the Loess Canyons.

    By Brianna Randall
  4. Health & Medicine

    The spread of breast cancer may be inherited

    A variant of PCSK9, a gene involved in raising cholesterol, may spur metastasis.