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  1. Computing

    Year in review: AlphaGo scores a win for artificial intelligence

    AlphaGo’s triumph over its human opponent provides a glimpse into the future of artificial intelligence.

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  2. Oceans

    Readers contemplate corals and more

    Coral engineering, ancient almanacs and more in reader feedback.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    The fight against infectious diseases is still an uphill battle

    The fight against infectious diseases is far from over. The last several decades have seen many outbreaks and global pandemic scares.

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  4. Ecosystems

    Oyster deaths linked to ‘atmospheric rivers’

    Atmospheric rivers bring strong storms that could have been behind a 2011 California oyster die-off.

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  5. Planetary Science

    First signs of boron on Mars hint at past groundwater, habitability

    The Curiosity rover has found the first signs of boron on Mars, which could hint at past habitable groundwater.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Number of teens who report doing drugs falls in 2016

    Drug use is down among teens, survey finds.

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  7. Earth

    Fossil microbes show how some life bounced back after dino-killing impact

    Pioneering microbes colonized the waters above the Chicxulub crater within hundreds of years following the impact, new research shows.

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  8. Life

    Zika induces brain cell die-off

    Cell biologists are learning more about how the Zika virus disrupts brain cells to cause microcephaly.

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  9. Life

    Disabling enzyme could block Zika

    Disrupting a key Zika enzyme shows preliminary promise.

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  10. Tech

    Rise of reusable rockets signals a new age of spaceflight

    Successful landings by SpaceX and Blue Origin raise the prospect of cheaper and more efficient spaceflight.

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  11. Physics

    Shadows of two failed searches loom over physics

    Physicists are facing two failures this year with no detections of dark matter particles and no signs of supersymmetry from the Large Hadron Collider.

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  12. Climate

    Glacier melting’s link to climate change confirmed

    The decades-long melting of glaciers is categorical evidence of climate change, a new study affirms.

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