Kids under 5 with HIV are dying at high rates. Here's why.
Among people on HIV meds, young children are the likeliest to die, often due to late diagnosis or treatment interruptions.
Planet Earth
Space
Sample of 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu, which may contain the seeds of life, arrives in UK for analysis
A sample from the asteroid Bennu, collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission, has arrived at London's Natural History Museum for analysis. Scientists are optimistic that it could contain the seeds of life.
Health
US dogs suffer mystery respiratory illness: What we know so far
Across the country, pet dogs are falling sick with a flu-like illness, but scientists don't yet know what's causing it.
Animals
Weird Chinstrap penguins sleep over 10,000 times a day for just 4 seconds at a time
The penguins accrue 11 hours of cumulative sleep a day from a bizarre adaptation that enables them to doze as they guard their nests.
Human Behavior
'Yeti hair' found in Himalayas is actually from a horse, BBC series reveals
DNA from a supposed Abominable Snowman actually came from a horse, but that doesn't mean stories of the Yeti passed on by local people aren't important.
Physics & Mathematics
Large Hadron Collider could be generating dark matter in its particle jets
If dark matter is made from "dark" versions of the basic building blocks of ordinary matter, the world's largest particle accelerator should be able to pin it down, a new study suggests.
Chemistry
Building blocks of life may have formed on dust in the cold vacuum of space
Far from any galaxy, icy grains of dust in deep space may be able to form organic molecules, a new preprint study finds.
Tech
Chinese scientists build robo-chemist that can extract oxygen from water on Mars
The robot was tested in a simulated Martian environment, and can one day be used to aid humanity's survival on the Red Planet.
