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  1. Health & Medicine

    Bright dining makes mice gain weight

    Study connects nighttime light exposure, body mass.

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Fossils

    Prehistoric air travel

    Flying reptiles might have crossed oceans, continents nonstop.

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Tech

    Minimachines that move without batteries

    Chemistry powers tiny tools that have big potential.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Chemistry

    Prizes award big ideas about small things

    Carbon and IVF win big in this year’s Nobel prizes.

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Tech

    When love-hate is materially good

    Researchers copy nature's water-loving, water-repelling ways to make smarter stuff

    By Stefi Weisburd
  6. Humans

    Volcanic doom for Neandertals

    Eruptions may have helped set the stage for modern humans.

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Planets

    Faraway planet could support life

    A planet 20 light-years away could be the perfect distance from its star.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Tech

    Crawling, nano-sized robots

    Built from DNA, these teeny bots move as directed.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Health & Medicine

    Obesity and the common cold

    A study of children finds those who caught a particular virus were more likely to be obese.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Brain

    Bullying is an everyday problem

    New work is showing that the best way to stop bullying is to keep it from ever starting.

    By Emily Sohn
  11. Health & Medicine

    Cockroaches could be good medicine

    Ground-up bug brains are shown to kill resistant bacteria.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Brain

    Action gaming and quick thinking

    Playing action games can hone ability to decide quickly, precisely.

    By Stephen Ornes