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  1. Life

    How bearded dragons switch their sex

    RNA editing might affect reptile sex determination at temperature extremes.

    By Laurel Hamers
  2. Health & Medicine

    New heart attack treatment uses photosynthetic bacteria to make oxygen

    Photosynthetic bacteria can produce oxygen to keep rat heart muscles healthy after a heart attack.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Science & Society

    Launch your imagination with Science News stories

    You don’t need a novel or a movie to escape into what feels like another reality. Just flip through the pages of Science News. The stories will take you to other worlds, as well as inner, hidden ones.

    By Elizabeth Quill
  4. Climate

    Readers question climate’s freshwater effects

    Warming lakes, windmills for the Arctic, mosquito control and more in reader feedback.

    By Science News Staff
  5. Astronomy

    Life might have a shot on planets orbiting dim red stars

    The number of planets in the habitable zone of dim red suns, known as M dwarfs, is growing. They’re a good place to look for life.

    By Christopher Crockett
  6. Life

    Ancient DNA shakes up the elephant family tree

    DNA from straight-tusked elephant fossils is forcing scientists to reconsider the history of elephant evolution.

    By Maria Temming
  7. Health & Medicine

    New kind of ‘tan in a bottle’ may one day protect against skin cancer

    A drug for activating melanin production without using ultraviolet radiation works in human skin samples.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  8. Life

    Ladybugs fold their wings like origami masters

    Ladybug wings could lead to new foldable technologies.

    By Emily Conover
  9. Health & Medicine

    Live antibiotics use bacteria to kill bacteria

    Certain bacteria will destroy other bacteria without harming humans. They may be an answer to antibiotic-resistant infections.

    By Elizabeth Eaton
  10. Tech

    New video camera captures 5 trillion frames every second

    A new camera’s record-breaking speed offers researchers a window into never-before-seen phenomena, such as combustion reactions.

    By Ashley Yeager
  11. Planetary Science

    Jupiter’s precocious birth happened in the solar system’s first million years

    Jupiter formed within the first million years of the solar system, according to meteorite measurements.

    By Lisa Grossman
  12. Physics

    Water circling a drain provides insight into black holes

    Water waves scattering off a vortex can exhibit rotational superradiance, an effect predicted to appear in black holes.

    By Emily Conover
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