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  1. Animals

    Chubby king penguins wobble when they waddle

    King penguins’ weight gain makes their waddle a bit wobbly, study suggests.

    By Helen Thompson
  2. Science & Society

    Human evolution, biomimicry and more go on display

    A new human evolution gallery and a lecture series on Europa are among science events to explore in February 2016.

    By Science News Staff
  3. Physics

    Halo of light crowns Antarctica

    Ice crystals in the air bend sunlight into a ring over a research base in eastern Antarctica.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  4. Climate

    Warming culprit CO2 has a cool side — and it’s in Antarctica

    Rising CO2 levels above central Antarctica cause cooling, not warming, new research suggests. The odd effect results from surface temperatures that are colder than the overlying stratosphere.

    By Thomas Sumner
  5. Animals

    A single penguin can break up a huddle

    A new study documents how penguins regulate body temperature by forming huddles and breaking groupings apart.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  6. Health & Medicine

    Putting the big chill on cryotherapy

    Evidence is lacking for whole-body cryotherapy as a treatment for muscle soreness.

    By Meghan Rosen
  7. Animals

    Marine biologist chronicles a lifelong love of fishing

    In A Naturalist Goes Fishing, a marine biologist takes readers on a round-the-world fishing expedition

    By Sid Perkins
  8. Planetary Science

    Satellite captures double solar eclipse in action

    NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught a rare double eclipse as both Earth and the moon partially blocked the sun.

    By Christopher Crockett
  9. Astronomy

    Two stars were once considered coldest known

    Two stars once thought to be the coldest known are actually scorching compared with some truly frigid brown dwarfs.

    By Christopher Crockett
  10. Oceans

    Blooming phytoplankton seed clouds in the Southern Ocean

    Booming phytoplankton populations spark cloud formation in the Southern Ocean.

    By Beth Mole
  11. Climate

    Wildfire seasons have gotten almost 20 percent longer

    The average length of wildfire seasons has increased 18.7 percent since 1979, new research shows.

    By Thomas Sumner
  12. Paleontology

    50-million-year-old fossil sperm discovered

    Ancient worm sperm preserved in 50-million-year-old cocoons from Antarctica set age record.

    By Meghan Rosen