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  1. Chemistry

    Radioactive substances leave electron ‘fingerprints’ behind

    A new method of nuclear forensics could make it harder to handle radioactive material in secret.

    By Maria Temming
  2. Science & Society

    This history book offers excellent images but skimps on modern science

    For an accessible account of mostly pre-20th century science, check out The Oxford Illustrated History of Science.

    By Tom Siegfried
  3. Planetary Science

    Earth might once have resembled a hot, steamy doughnut

    Newly proposed space objects called synestias are large, spinning hunks of mostly vaporized rock. They look like a jelly-filled doughnut.

    By Ashley Yeager
  4. Genetics

    Resistance to CRISPR gene drives may arise easily

    New tools for pest and disease control could become useless without improvements.