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  1. Health & Medicine

    Synthetic opioids involved in more deaths than prescription opioids

    Winning a ghastly contest, synthetic opioids become most common drug involved in U.S. overdose deaths, bypassing prescription opioids in 2016.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Archaeology

    How a backyard pendulum saw sliced into a Bronze Age mystery

    A saw no one has seen may have built Bronze Age Greek palaces.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Planetary Science

    Last year’s solar eclipse set off a wave in the upper atmosphere

    The August 2017 solar eclipse launched a wave in the upper atmosphere that was detected from Brazil after the eclipse ended.

    By Lisa Grossman
  4. Plants

    New genetic details may help roses come up smelling like, well, roses

    A detailed genetic look at China roses and an old European species shows that there’s a built-in trade-off between color and scent.