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Bonobo ‘helicopter’ moms stand guard while their sons mate

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Top stories: Superblack spiders, the ‘wood wide web,’ and an antivenom funding infusion

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Bedbugs date back to the time of the dinosaurs, new family tree suggests

Latest News | May. 16, 2019

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Citizen sleuths exposed pollution from a century-old Michigan factory, with nationwide implications

ScienceInsider | May. 16, 2019

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Vanishing Bering Sea ice threatens one of the richest U.S. seafood sources

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These tiny microbes are munching away at plastic waste in the ocean

By Helen SantoroMay. 20, 2019
Bonobo ‘helicopter’ moms stand guard while their sons mate

By Michael PriceMay. 20, 2019
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By Alex FoxMay. 17, 2019
NSF, NASA, NIST would get funding boosts under House spending bill

By Science News StaffMay. 17, 2019
U.S. cancer institute cancels nanotech research centers

By Robert F. ServiceMay. 17, 2019
Genetically engineered immune cells fight off deadly virus in mice

By Mitch LeslieMay. 17, 2019
Q&A: On a Bering Sea island, disappearing ice threatens a way of life

By Warren CornwallMay. 17, 2019
In Brazil, ‘useful idiots’ protest cuts to research and education

By Herton EscobarMay. 17, 2019
Bedbugs date back to the time of the dinosaurs, new family tree suggests

By Elizabeth PennisiMay. 16, 2019
Citizen sleuths exposed pollution from a century-old Michigan factory, with nationwide implications

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Vol 364, Issue 6441
17 May 2019

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Vanishing Bering Sea ice poses climate puzzle

By Warren CornwallMay. 17, 2019
African swine fever marches across much of Asia

By Dennis NormileMay. 17, 2019
European Commission kills billion-euro flagship concept

By Kai KupferschmidtMay. 17, 2019
Facing Plan S, publishers may set papers free

By Jeffrey BrainardMay. 17, 2019
Climate scientists say no to flying

By Katie LanginMay. 17, 2019

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These tiny microbes are munching away at plastic waste in the ocean

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The ‘superblack’ patches on these spiders make their other colors glow

By Helen SantoroMay. 14, 2019
Most snail shells coil to the right. This single gene may be the reason why

By Helen SantoroMay. 14, 2019
This spider turns its web into a slingshot, flinging itself at prey

By Helen SantoroMay. 13, 2019
Extinct squid relative entombed in amber for 100 million years

By Joshua SokolMay. 13, 2019

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NSF, NASA, NIST would get funding boosts under House spending bill

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By Warren CornwallMay. 17, 2019
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