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  1. Animals

    Award-winning photo captures ‘zombie’ fungus erupting from a fly

    The winner of the 2022 BMC Ecology and Evolution photo competition captures the cycle of life and death in the Amazon rainforest in Peru.

    By Richard Kemeny
  2. Humans

    What does charred ancient poop reveal about early animal-raising?

    Evidence from the dung may push the onset of animal raising back 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.

    By Richard Kemeny
  3. Genetics

    For some kids, their rock-star hair comes naturally

    A variant of a gene involved in hair-shaft formation was linked to most of the uncombable-hair-syndrome cases analyzed in a recent study.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Chemistry

    Lego-like way to snap molecules together wins 2022 chemistry Nobel

    This so-called ‘click chemistry’ allows scientists to build complex molecules in the lab and in living cells.

    By Meghan Rosen and Nikk Ogasa
  5. Animals

    Science is just starting to understand what animals feel

    Animal-welfare researchers are studying the feelings and experiences of horses, octopuses and more.

    By Alla Katsnelson
  6. Physics

    Experiments on ‘entangled’ quantum particles won the physics Nobel Prize

    Three pioneers in quantum physics share the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics.

    By James R. Riordon and Maria Temming
  7. Health & Medicine

    Examining Neandertal and Denisovan DNA wins a 2022 Nobel Prize

    Svante Pääbo figured out how to examine the genetic material from these hominid ‘cousins’ of modern humans.

    By Tina Hesman Saey and Aimee Cunningham
  8. Physics

    Let’s learn about ‘ghost particles’

    Ghostly particles called neutrinos are so lightweight that for a long time, they were thought to have no mass at all.

    By Maria Temming
  9. Animals

    Watch: This red fox is the first spotted fishing for its food

    Big fish in shallow water were easy pickings for this red fox. It’s the first of its species known to fish.

    By Freda Kreier
  10. Chemistry

    Scientists Say: Salinity

    The higher the salinity, the saltier a body of water.

    By Maria Temming
  11. Tech

    NASA’s DART spacecraft crashed into an asteroid — on purpose

    This mission could provide a blueprint for how to deflect a killer asteroid, if one is ever found headed for Earth.

    By Maria Temming
  12. Animals

    Living mysteries: This critter has 38 times more DNA than you do

    The genomes of salamanders are bloated with genetic “parasites.” That extra DNA slows down their lives and strands them in perpetual childhood.

    By Douglas Fox
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