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2019-12-18 | These science claims from 2019 could be big deals — if true

2019-11-12 | Why a warrant to search GEDmatch’s genetic data has sparked privacy concerns

2019-09-17 | How circling the globe has evolved in the 500 years since Magellan’s famous trip

2019-07-25 | 50 years ago, a drug that crippled a generation found new life as a leprosy treatment

2019-07-09 | A mysterious coral disease is ravaging Caribbean reefs

2019-05-16 | Some dog breeds may have trouble breathing because of a mutated gene

2019-04-05 | 50 years ago, scientists were unlocking the secrets of bacteria-infecting viruses

2019-02-01 | NSF science research funds are flowing again after the shutdown

2019-01-18 | Prosecco production takes a toll on northeastern Italy’s environment
(read a version of this story in the Washington Post)

2018-12-31 | Known as the ‘mother of Hubble,’ astronomer Nancy Roman dies at 93

2018-12-21 | These 2018 findings could be big news — if they turn out to be true

2018-12-11 | Nearly 200 Great Barrier Reef coral species also live in the deep sea
(read a version of this story in the Washington Post)

2018-10-11 | See these dazzling images of a growing mouse embryo

2018-08-17 | Cheese found in an Egyptian tomb is at least 3,200 years old

2018-08-09 | A ghost gene leaves ocean mammals vulnerable to some pesticides

2018-07-24 | Paleontologists have identified the world’s largest dinosaur foot

2018-07-19 | A new ankylosaur found in Utah had a surprisingly bumpy head

2018-07-17 | ‘The Poisoned City’ chronicles Flint’s water crisis

2018-06-05 | Privacy and consumer genetic testing don’t always mix

2017-12-28 | 50 years ago, synthetic DNA made its debut

2017-12-27 | 2017 delivered amazing biology finds from organisms large and small

2017-12-26 | Here’s what you might have missed in space this year

2017-12-21 | These 2017 discoveries could be big news, if they turn out to be true

2017-11-16 | 50 years ago, artificial limbs weren’t nearly as responsive

2017-08-24 | 50 years ago, NASA whipped up astronaut waste into rocket fuel

2017-08-07 | To combat cholera in Yemen, one scientist goes back to basics

2017-06-23 | This glass frog wears its heart for all to see

2017-06-21 | Bones tell other organs a thing or two

2017-06-15 | In 1967, researchers saw the light in jaundice treatment

2017-05-04 | 50 years ago, U.S. fell short on mosquito eradication

2017-04-06 | 50 years ago, contraception focused on women

2017-03-07 | Review: The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

2017-02-10 | Cold plasma puts the chill on norovirus

2017-02-09 | Germanium computer chips gain ground on silicon—again 

2017-02-01 | Dragonfish opens wide with flex neck joint

2017-01-11 | Ancient oddball invertebrate finds its place on the tree of life

2016-12-24 | These 2016 stories should be really big—if they’re true

2016-12-24 | Tales of creatures large and small made news this year

2016-12-24 | The Flint water crisis and other public health woes from 2016

2016-12-14 | Genome clues help explain the strange life of seahorses

2016-11-21 | Brazilian free-tailed bats are fastest fliers

2016-11-14 | CDC sounds alarm on STDs

2016-10-20 | Staph infections still a concern

2016-10-11 | Superflexible, 3-D printed “bones” trigger new growth

2016-10-06 | Flower lures pollinators with smell of honeybee fear

2016-10-02 | New book tells strange tales of evolution

2016-09-01 | Genetic surgery is closer to reality

2016-08-12 | Anemone proteins offer clue to restoring hearing loss

2016-08-11 | Cancer drug came from traditional Chinese medicine

2016-07-27 | Newly discovered big-headed ants use spines for support

2016-07-07 | Artificial hearing has come a long way since the 1960s

2016-06-27 | Two newly identified dinos donned weird horns

2016-06-16 | Stem cells from pig fat aid in growing new bone

2016-06-14 | Movie viewers’ exhaled chemicals tell if scene is funny, scary

2016-05-04 | New species of hairy weevil named after Chewbacca

2016-04-22 | Gelada monkeys know their linguistic math

2016-04-04 | Ancient arthropod kept its brood close

2016-03-25 | Coral larvae feed on their baby fat

2016-03-11 | New process encourages ice to slip, slide away

Science News for Students

2016-07-08 | Gasp! At the movies, your breaths reveal your emotions

Upworthy

2015-09-04 | This artist spent a month living on Mars time just to find out what it’s like

Oceans at MIT

2016-03-07 | Research takes center stage at MIT climate symposium

2016-02-26 | Life in the hot seat

2016-02-15 | Chasing whales

2016-02-08 | Predators in the plankton

2015-12-18 | At COP21, finding hope for climate in the ‘Aerocene’ (w/multimedia)

2015-07-06 | For the love of physics: from oceans to other planets

MIT News

2015-12-21 | At COP21, finding hope for climate in the ‘Aerocene’

2015-12-07 | Putting the science in science policy

2015-11-17 | Capturing an underwater world

2015-08-21 | Unveiling a maritime legacy

2015-07-29 | New Horizons data hint at underground ocean

2015-05-26 | Uncovering diversity in an invisible ocean world

2015-04-21 | A model year for climate change

2015-03-26 | Closing the Arctic data gap

2015-02-17 | Solving carbon mysteries of the deep ocean

2015-01-14 | Slow motion science and the art of capturing marine life

MIT EAPS Scope

2015-10-28 | Shifting climates, shifting landscapes

MIT Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate

2015-08-22 | Life on Mars time

Harvard University

2015-08-24 | James Wang Profile

2015-08-24 | MCB Welcomes Sean Eddy and Elena Rivas

The Wildlife Society News

2014-11-19 | Novel breathalyzer monitors dolphin health

2014-11-17 | World’s largest bat colony saved by land deal

2014-11-03 | Death of rare rhino sign of the times

2014-10-21 | Hemorrhagic virus threatens Spain’s amphibians

2014-08-22 | Study reveals actual numbers of illegal elephant kills

2014-06-13 | Mysterious illness threatens Oregon’s starfish with extinction

2014-06-02 | Obama administration unveils notable climate change plan

2013-08-29 | Cause of dolphin deaths identified

2013-08-13 | Increase in dolphin deaths raises alarm

2013-06-06 | Sheepdogs save Australia’s endangered little penguins