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NEWS IN BRIEF How some sap-sucking insects fling their pee Dec 04 2018 6:00 AM Sharpshooters hurl their pee with structure called a stylus, which sends droplets flying at 20 times the acceleration of Earth’s gravity. READ MORE

NEWS NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has finally arrived at asteroid Bennu Dec 03 2018 2:32 PM Planetary scientists hope the probe will reveal if such carbon-rich asteroids helped kick-start life on Earth. READ MORE

NEWS IN BRIEF The Large Hadron Collider is shutting down for 2 years Dec 03 2018 1:39 PM The world’s largest particle accelerator will restart in 2021 at higher energy. READ MORE

NEWS These new tweezers let scientists do biopsies on living cells Dec 03 2018 11:00 AM Nanotweezers that can pluck molecules from cells without killing them could enable real-time analysis of the insides of healthy and diseased cells. READ MORE   NEWS Dads, not just moms, can pass along mitochondrial DNA Dec 03 2018 6:00 AM Data from three families suggest that in rare cases children can inherit mitochondria from their fathers. READ MORE   SCIENCE STATS Half the world’s annual rain falls in just 12 days Nov 30 2018 1:55 PM Climate change could shorten the time it talks for the world’s to receive half its annual precipitation from 12 days to 11 by 2100. READ MORE   More Recent Headlines NEWS IN BRIEF Stone Age people conquered the Tibetan Plateau’s thin air NOV 30 2018 12:58 PM Stone tools that are at least 30,000 years old suggest that people settled the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau earlier than scientists thought. READ MORE   NEWS Around the world, reported measles cases jumped 31 percent in 2017 NOV 30 2018 12:21 PM While the number of reported measles cases has dropped 80 percent from 2000 to 2017, high profile outbreaks pushed the 2017 total up from 2016. READ MORE   NEWS An acid found in soil may make a disease killing deer less infectious NOV 30 2018 6:00 AM An incurable neurodegenerative disease crippling North American deer, elk and moose may be thwarted by an organic soil compound. READ MORE   NEWS A jumping spider mom nurses her brood for weeks on milk NOV 29 2018 4:03 PM Even after spiderlings start hunting for themselves, they come to mom for milk. READ MORE   NEWS Stone-tool makers reached North Africa and Arabia surprisingly early NOV 29 2018 2:00 PM Ancient Homo species spread advances in toolmaking far beyond East Africa. READ MORE   NEWS Astronomers have measured all the starlight ever emitted NOV 29 2018 2:00 PM Astronomers used distant blazars to tally up all the stray photons roaming through space. READ MORE   NEWS IN BRIEF Zaps to a certain spot in the brain may ease depression NOV 29 2018 11:00 AM When implanted electrodes stimulated a brain region just behind the eyes, people’s spirits were raised immediately. READ MORE   NEWS Kids born in August are diagnosed with ADHD more than kids born in September NOV 28 2018 5:00 PM August-born kids have higher rates of ADHD diagnosis than kids born in September in U.S. states with a September 1 cutoff for starting kindergarten. READ MORE   NEWS The researcher who created CRISPR twins defends his work but fails to quell controversy NOV 28 2018 3:54 PM After getting a glimpse of data behind the birth of the first gene-edited babies, many scientists question the study’s ethics and medical necessity. READ MORE   NEWS A patch studded with tiny needles may help heart attack survivors recover NOV 28 2018 2:03 PM A bandage that sticks to the surface of the heart exudes proteins and other molecules that help muscle cells grow. READ MORE