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How your mind protects you against hallucinations

Latest News | Aug. 10, 2017

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Most archaeologists think the first Americans arrived by boat. Now, they’re beginning to prove it

Latest News | Aug. 10, 2017

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Vitamin B3 could help prevent birth defects

Latest News | Aug. 9, 2017

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Ancient infant ape skull sheds light on the ancestor of all humans and living apes

Latest News | Aug. 9, 2017

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‘Vanished’ people may live on in the U.S. Southwest

Latest News | Aug. 8, 2017

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Americans are becoming more open to human genome editing, survey finds, but concerns remain

By Jon CohenAug. 10, 2017
How your mind protects you against hallucinations

By Emily UnderwoodAug. 10, 2017
Watch the secret to a squid’s crystal clear underwater vision

By Kai SinclairAug. 10, 2017
CRISPR slices virus genes out of pigs, but will it make organ transplants to humans safer?

By Kelly ServickAug. 10, 2017
Most archaeologists think the first Americans arrived by boat. Now, they’re beginning to prove it

By Lizzie WadeAug. 10, 2017
Cash bonuses for peer-reviewed papers go global

By Alison Abritis, Alison McCook, Retraction WatchAug. 10, 2017
Podcast: Coddled puppies, trees that make their own rain, and ancient mariners

By Sarah Crespi, David Grimm, et al.Aug. 10, 2017
Dark skin lets sea snakes slough off pollution

By Patrick MonahanAug. 10, 2017
Vitamin B3 could help prevent birth defects

By Gretchen VogelAug. 9, 2017
Meet the mammals that soared through Jurassic skies

By Sid PerkinsAug. 9, 2017
Modern humans were in Southeast Asia 20,000 years earlier than thought, ancient teeth reveal

By April ReeseAug. 9, 2017
Ancient infant ape skull sheds light on the ancestor of all humans and living apes

By Michael PriceAug. 9, 2017
Watch this window turn itself black in less than a minute

By Giorgia GuglielmiAug. 9, 2017
Star hurtling toward massive black hole may seal deal for Einstein’s theory of general relativity

By Daniel CleryAug. 9, 2017
A new tool can track your sleep without ever touching you

By Matthew HutsonAug. 8, 2017

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Science Magazine

Vol 357, Issue 6351
11 August 2017

In Brief

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In Brief

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In Depth

Fear of microbial taint curbs Mars explorers

By Paul VoosenAug. 11, 2017
Revolutionary malaria tests have unexpected downsides

By Leslie RobertsAug. 11, 2017
Survey finds galaxy clumps stirred up by dark energy

By Daniel CleryAug. 11, 2017
Call to halt heart trial raises vexing questions

By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelAug. 11, 2017
Children with cancer get more access to experimental drugs

By Charles SchmidtAug. 11, 2017
Cash incentives for papers go global

By Alison Abritis, Alison McCookAug. 11, 2017
Stealing industrial secrets pays off—at first

By Catherine MatacicAug. 4, 2017
China cracks down on fraud

By Dennis NormileAug. 4, 2017
Embryo editing takes another step to clinic

By Kelly ServickAug. 4, 2017
Cosmic ray catcher will probe supernovae from new perch

By Eric HandAug. 4, 2017
Anthrax cousin wreaks havoc in the rainforest

By Kai KupferschmidtAug. 4, 2017
Elderly chimps may get Alzheimer's disease

By Ryan CrossAug. 4, 2017

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On the trail of ancient mariners

By Lizzie WadeAug. 11, 2017
The stem cell skeptic

By Kelly ServickAug. 4, 2017
House of the sun

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Americans are becoming more open to human genome editing, survey finds, but concerns remain

By Jon CohenAug. 10, 2017
Cash bonuses for peer-reviewed papers go global

By Alison Abritis, Alison McCook, Retraction WatchAug. 10, 2017
U.S. court rejects Obama-era plan to eliminate some potent planet warming chemicals

By Amanda Reilly, E&E NewsAug. 8, 2017
Revolutionary malaria tests have unexpected downsides

By Leslie RobertsAug. 8, 2017
CRISPR patent battle in Europe takes a ‘wild’ twist with surprising player

By Jon CohenAug. 4, 2017

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French archaeologists erupt with excitement over ‘Little Pompeii’

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Philosophy journal corrects 35-year-old article ‘written’ by a cat

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First alien moon may have been spotted

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