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  1. Neuroscience

    How scientists are hunting for a safer opioid painkiller

    Scientists are sorting through chemical structures, twisting and turning known drugs and exploring new ways to ease pain.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  2. Genetics

    ‘Three-parent babies’ explained

    Several in vitro techniques can produce babies with three biological parents.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Animals

    Howler monkeys sacrifice sperm for deeper roars

    In howler monkeys, expanded vocal tracts make for deeper-voiced males with smaller testes, researchers find.

    By Helen Thompson
  4. Genetics

    Year in review: ‘Three-parent baby’ technique raises hope and concern

    Safety and ethical concerns surround controversial mitochondrial replacement therapy.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Humans

    Animal hybrids may hold clues to Neandertal-human interbreeding

    The physical effects of interbreeding among animals may offer clues to Neandertals’ genetic mark on humans.

    By Bruce Bower
  6. Health & Medicine

    This week in Zika: Vaginal vulnerability, disease double trouble and more

    Puerto Rico cases of Zika suggest that the virus prefers women. And two new findings reveal more about Zika’s transmission and ability to survive outside the body.

    By Meghan Rosen
  7. Animals

    Readers mesmerized by ‘Strange visions’

    Animal vision, ice-making microbes, brain maps and more reader feedback.

    By Science News Staff
  8. Life

    Color vision strategy defies textbook picture

    Cone cells in the retina see in black and white and color.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  9. Genetics

    How gene editing is changing what a lab animal looks like

    What makes a good animal model? New techniques bring opportunities and challenges to model organisms.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  10. Health & Medicine

    Birth control research is moving beyond the pill

    After decades of research, reproductive biologists are on the verge of developing new birth control options that stop sperm from maturing or save a woman's eggs for later.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  11. Animals

    A monkey uses a stick to pick its teeth and nose

    A wild bearded capuchin monkey in Brazil was caught using tools to pick its nose and teeth.

    By Erin Wayman
  12. Health & Medicine

    Young infants have perceptual superpowers

    Babies have superpowers that let them see and hear things that adults can’t.

    By Laura Sanders