Rachel Feltman is author of Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex, and is the host of “The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.”
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Year In Review: 2017
From colliding neutron stars to the completion of the Cassini mission, a look at 2017’s most important science stories.
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Evidence Of Cleaner Air, Hidden In The Drawers Of A Museum
Plus, autumn in the era of climate change and the role fungi play in the gut microbiome.
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Supercomputers In Space, Alternative Cancer Therapies, And A Frozen Fruitcake
NASA is preparing a year-long test to examine how off-the-shelf supercomputers might withstand radiation in space.
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A Gene-Stealing Salamander, A Solar Companion, And French Fry Safety
Plus, involuntary manslaughter charges are brought against several officials in connection with the Flint, Michigan water crisis.
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Cassini Acrobatics, Phishing, And The Evolution Of A Skunk
The Cassini spacecraft is in the midst of a series of dives through Saturn’s rings.
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Climate Change Policy, Hormone Cycle on a Chip, and Titan’s Electric Dust
New executive orders from the Trump White House turn back elements of the Obama administration’s climate change policies.
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An Advance Towards Male Birth Control, Sequencing the Quinoa Genome, and Slip-Off Gecko Skin
A male contraceptive gel prevented pregnancies for a year in rhesus monkeys.
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2016 Year in Review
Gravitational waves, CRISPR, and Pokémon Go—a look at the big science stories of 2016.
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Charon’s Red Cap, Mapping the Milky Way, and Crafty Crows
Pluto may be the source of the wispy red cap on the north pole of its moon Charon.
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A Planetary Neighbor, Recovering a Lost Spacecraft, and Iceman Fashion
Science journalist Rachel Feltman discusses a newly discovered exoplanet neighbor, and other stories from the week in science.