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Most ambitious Mercury mission yet will explore mysteries of innermost planet

Latest News | Oct. 3, 2018

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‘Revolution based on evolution’ honored with chemistry Nobel

Latest News | Oct. 3, 2018

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Newly discovered ‘goblin’ world hints at the presence of Planet Nine

ScienceShots | Oct. 2, 2018

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Turning lasers into versatile tools earns trio Nobel Prize in Physics

Latest News | Oct. 2, 2018

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How much control do you really have over your actions? These brain regions provide clues

Latest News | Oct. 1, 2018

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Leon Lederman, father of ‘the God particle,’ dies

By Adrian ChoOct. 3, 2018
$a flare burning at a fracking well at sunset$

At global climate talks, U.S. stresses uncertainty and value of fossil fuels

By Jean Chemnick, E&E NewsOct. 3, 2018
U.S. census nominee steers through political minefield at confirmation hearing

By Jeffrey MervisOct. 3, 2018
First moon outside the solar system could be as big as Neptune

By Joshua SokolOct. 3, 2018
Most ambitious Mercury mission yet will explore mysteries of innermost planet

By Daniel Clery, Dennis NormileOct. 3, 2018
Japanese spacecraft drops a third rover on asteroid Ryugu

By Dennis NormileOct. 3, 2018
‘Revolution based on evolution’ honored with chemistry Nobel

By Gretchen VogelOct. 3, 2018
New way to write DNA could turbocharge synthetic biology and data storage

By Robert F. ServiceOct. 2, 2018
Newly discovered ‘goblin’ world hints at the presence of Planet Nine

By Paul VoosenOct. 2, 2018
U.K. scientists ‘are going to be all right,’ after Brexit, science minister promises

By Eric HandOct. 2, 2018
Airlines fight effort to force them to carry lab animals

By David GrimmOct. 2, 2018
Turning lasers into versatile tools earns trio Nobel Prize in Physics

By Daniel Clery, Adrian ChoOct. 2, 2018
Bacterial injections into tumors show early promise for treating cancer

By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelOct. 1, 2018
How much control do you really have over your actions? These brain regions provide clues

By Michael PriceOct. 1, 2018
Cancer immunotherapy pioneers win medicine Nobel

By Gretchen Vogel, Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, et al.Oct. 1, 2018

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Science Magazine

Vol 361, Issue 6409
28 September 2018

In Brief

News at a glance

In Depth

Classic wolf-moose study to be restarted on Isle Royale

By Christine MlotSep. 28, 2018
NSF issues sexual harassment policy as NIH promises action

By Jeffrey Mervis, Jocelyn KaiserSep. 28, 2018
Atomic arrays power quantum computers

By Sophia ChenSep. 28, 2018
‘Old’ genome editors might treat mitochondrial diseases

By Mitch LeslieSep. 28, 2018
Cool paint job fights solar warmth

By Robert F. ServiceSep. 28, 2018

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Bridging the gap

By Lizzie WadeSep. 28, 2018

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Neanderthals used their hands like tailors and painters

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Watch these alienlike robots weave a bus-size fiberglass structure—all by themselves

By Frankie SchembriSep. 26, 2018
These workplace issues significantly up your odds of divorce

By Michael PriceSep. 25, 2018
Ancient Japanese wolf may be rare remnant of ice age wolves

By Ann GibbonsSep. 25, 2018
Watch a moth drink tears from a bird’s eye

By Richa MalhotraSep. 21, 2018

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Leon Lederman, father of ‘the God particle,’ dies

By Adrian ChoOct. 3, 2018
$a flare burning at a fracking well at sunset$

At global climate talks, U.S. stresses uncertainty and value of fossil fuels

By Jean Chemnick, E&E NewsOct. 3, 2018
U.S. census nominee steers through political minefield at confirmation hearing

By Jeffrey MervisOct. 3, 2018
Japanese spacecraft drops a third rover on asteroid Ryugu

By Dennis NormileOct. 3, 2018
U.K. scientists ‘are going to be all right,’ after Brexit, science minister promises

By Eric HandOct. 2, 2018

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Shockwaves from WWII air raids rattled edge of space

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Ivory trade kingpins could be toppled by testing tusk DNA

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Fifty-thousand-year-old wolf pup still has paws, skin, and hair

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Archaeologists may have unearthed world’s oldest brewery

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Appeals court sides with Broad in CRISPR patent fight

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