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  1. Genetics

    Gene drives aren’t ready for the wild, report concludes

    A type of genetic engineering called gene drives need more work, a National Academies report concludes.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Health & Medicine

    Scientists probe Zika’s link to neurological disorder

    The link between the Zika virus and Guillain-Barré syndrome is growing stronger.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Health & Medicine

    CDC tracking 279 U.S. pregnant women with possible Zika infections

    The number of U.S. pregnant women with evidence of Zika infection has climbed to nearly 300, and includes both women with and without symptoms.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Health & Medicine

    Vaccines could counter addictive opioids

    Scientists turn to vaccines to curb the growing opioid epidemic.

    By Susan Gaidos
  5. Health & Medicine

    Virus closely related to hepatitis A discovered in seals

    Scientists have discovered a relative of the hepatitis A virus in seals.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  6. Animals

    Nature has a dog problem

    Free-roaming dogs spread disease, kill wildlife by the thousands and have even caused extinctions. But their full effect on the environment has been little studied.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  7. Astronomy

    Proxima b deserves buzz, even if some didn’t notice

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses Earth's newest potentially habitable neighbor.

    By Eva Emerson
  8. Health & Medicine

    First known case of sexually transmitted Ebola reported

    A Liberian woman contracted Ebola in March by having sex with a survivor of the viral disease, researchers report.

    By Lila Guterman
  9. Animals

    Invading Argentine ant hordes carry a virus that attacks bees

    Invasive Argentine ants may be reservoirs for a virus menacing honeybees — and for previously unknown virus.

    By Susan Milius
  10. Health & Medicine

    Efforts to control mosquitoes take on new urgency

    The major mosquito that is spreading Zika virus has quirks that make it one of the toughest to fight.

    By Susan Milius
  11. Life

    Experimental MERS vaccine battles virus in mice and monkeys

    Select viral proteins and DNA can combat the MERS virus in mice and monkeys.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  12. Animals

    Cause of mass starfish die-offs is still a mystery

    Sea stars off the U.S. west coast started dying off en masse in 2013. Scientists are still struggling to figure out the cause.

    By Sarah Zielinski