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Seahorses are weird, and their genome knows why

By Leigh Anne Tiffany

To unlock the secrets of the seahorse, scientists have sequenced its genome for the first time.

WATCH: NASA successfully launches hurricane-monitoring satellites

By Alison Thoet

Eight NASA microsatellites tasked with tracking hurricanes dropped out of an airplane above the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and shot into orbit around the Earth.

Column: The biggest paradox Rick Perry faces at the Department of Energy

By William H. Tobey for The Conversation

While the Department of Defense defends us, and the Department of Treasury manages federal finances and supervises banks, the Department of Energy does not provide America’s energy.

'Shock and kill' therapy offers fresh hope for HIV cure, researchers say

By Anne-christine d’Adesky, KQED Future of You

The HIV research community is increasingly optimistic about the “shock and kill” treatment approach, which appears to remove all traces of the virus from an individual’s body.

The gross ingredient that glowworms use to make sticky snares

By Julia Griffin

Glowworm use bioluminescent blue “butts” and a surprise ingredient in sticky threads to catch other insects for food.

College students almost engineer controversial gene drive

By Ike Swetlitz, STAT

It’s a technology that could fundamentally alter entire populations, so how did a group of college students almost create a gene drive?…

This sacred mountain is the focal point of a fight over a giant telescope

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4 in 10 babies born after Zika infection may have brain defects, researchers say

By Helen Branswell, STAT

The toll that Zika virus takes on pregnancies appears to be even higher than was previously estimated.

20-sided crystal, once thought impossible, found in meteorite

By Kristin Hugo

Researchers have found an entirely new, extreme type of quasicrystal with an icosahedral -- 20-sided -- symmetry.

Bill Gates and top investors launch $1 billion clean energy fund

By Ryan Connelly Holmes

The Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, which Bill Gates will chair and run with a host of other high-profile investors, is focused on clean energy technology.