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  1. Health & Medicine

    U.S. measles outbreaks show no signs of slowing down

    This year’s measles cases have blown by 2018’s total, raising the specter that the disease could once more become endemic in the United States.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Planetary Science

    Saturn’s moon Titan sports phantom hydrocarbon lakes

    Three lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan have pulled a vanishing act, a study finds.

    By Maria Temming
  3. Climate

    Tiny microplastics travel far on the wind

    Airborne bits of plastic that originated in cities ended up in pristine mountains at least 95 kilometers away, a study finds.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  4. Genetics

    Some people may have genes that hamper a drug’s HIV protection

    Newly discovered genetic variants could explain why an anti-HIV medication doesn’t protect everyone.