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  1. Health & Medicine

    Zika cases are down, but researchers prepare for the virus’s return

    The number of Zika cases in the Western Hemisphere have dropped this year, but the need for basic scientific and public health research of the virus remains strong.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Astronomy

    New Horizons’ next target might have a moon

    New Horizons’ next target, Kuiper Belt object MU69, may have a small moon.

    By Lisa Grossman
  3. Planetary Science

    Jupiter’s massive Great Red Spot is at least 350 kilometers deep

    NASA’s Juno spacecraft has measured the depth of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot for the first time.

    By Lisa Grossman
  4. Animals

    Ticks had a taste for dinosaur blood

    A tick found trapped in amber is evidence the bloodsuckers preyed on feathered dinosaurs, a new study says.