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Recent aerial surveys of Australia's Great Barrier Reef find massive coral bleaching.

Unique dune features emerge from rover's campaign in the sand.

Government races to put "fosfo" through clinical testing.

Trudeau offers warm support for basic research.

Some recipients say they didn't expect deep cuts in funding.

The temporary immune command posts that form near infections or inflammation draw clinical interest.

Farm workers are dying in southern India as an epidemic of a mysterious kidney disease goes global.

Inspired by true events, a new play explores a controversial case of gender reassignment

A new memoir revels in the joys, sorrows, and occasional absurdities that come with a career in science

Social indicators, both mature and emerging, are underused

Low-oxygen treatment slows neurodegeneration in a model of a mitochondrial disorder [Also see Research Article by Jain et al.]

The gas-phase dynamics of a paradigm organic reaction are more complex than expected

A complex set of interactions caused the rapid growth of the Antarctic ice sheet 34 million years ago [Also see Report by Galeotti et al.]

Mammalian egg cells receive material from neighboring "nurse" cells via bridges and gaps [Also see Report by Lei and Spradling]

An oxygen-rich white dwarf sets an important mark for stellar evolution [Also see Report by Kepler et al.]

A nematic phase promotes the formation of dilute, low-symmetry colloidal crystals [Also see Report by Mundoor et al.]

A brain circuit in vertebrates determines who wins or loses a fight [Also see Report by Chou et al.]

A long noncoding RNA is associated with an intestinal autoimmune disorder [Also see Report by Castellanos-Rubio et al.]

A desktop machine allows on-demand medicine production [Also see Research Article by Adamo et al.]

Chronic exposure to low oxygen levels improves the health and extends the survival of mice that model a human mitochondrial disease. [Also see Perspective by Shoubridge]

Preparation of four common pharmaceuticals shows the versatility of an integrated system the size of a household refrigerator.

A programming language is devised for biological regulatory circuits.

A new approach to looking at the gorilla genome improves estimates of the differences between humans and gorillas.

The discovery of a long-sought oxygen white dwarf is an important test case for stellar evolution. [Also see Perspective by Gänsicke ]

Competing elastic and electrostatic forces acting on gold nanorods in a nematic host yield triclinic colloidal crystals. [Also see Perspective by Blanc]

Alloying platinum with lanthanide elements compresses its surface layer and boosts its oxygen reduction activity.

The growth of the Antarctic Ice Sheet began only when atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide dropped low enough. [Also see Perspective by Lear and Lunt]

The atmospheric methane level has resumed its increase after a plateau between 1999 and 2006.

The impact of climate change on population sizes of birds across continents can be predicted.

The neuronal basis for keeping the aggression of fighting fish in check is elucidated. [Also see Perspective by Desban and Wyart]

A specific RNA molecule can suppress inflammatory gene expression and may protect from gluten intolerance. [Also see Perspective by Huarte]

Sister germ cells provide organelles and cytoplasm to oocytes to augment their developmental potential. [Also see Perspective by Pepling]

The receptor tyrosine kinase TYRO3 dampens allergic responses and enhances immunity to intestinal worms.

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