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Earth
Earth & Environment
Cities can break up passing storms, plus wild boar contamination, altered spider sense and more in this week’s news.
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Life
Genes & Cells
Gene therapy for dogs, plus an HIV gatekeeper and new neurons from skin in this week’s news.
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American Society for Microbiology meeting
Cell phones may change your skin bacteria, plus greenhouse microbes and feather-eating bacteria in this week’s news.
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Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Cancer treatment raises stroke risk, plus ankle-powered sprints, irregular heartbeats and more in this week’s news.
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Space
Atom & Cosmos
A cosmic collision heard ‘round the world, plus Saturn storms, black hole drains and more in this week’s news.
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Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Finding materials harder than diamond, plus spintronic devices, wrinkle physics and more in this week's news.
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Earth
Earth/Environment
Earth’s iron heart can melt, plus Atlantic weather and more ice thinning in this week’s news.
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From the Archive
In the late 1950s, roughly half the astronomers who voted on whether the universe began with a Big Bang said “No.”
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Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Coffee may help protect against prostate cancer, plus protecting organ transplants and limiting HIV transmission in this week’s news.
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Space
Dark Matter meeting
The latest science reveals few new answers on dark matter, but scientists hope for more from the Large Hadron Collider.