This Week In Science News

​And the Nobel Prize goes to....Three scientists shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their work deciphering the mysteries of how cells repair damaged DNA, work that could lead to new therapies for everything from cancer to old age.

​To successfully get humans on Mars you need a plan. In this plan, NASA details how we're going to get it done. A concise version of the plan can be found here.

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​It's zombie bees! Over the last several years, a parasitic fly causes changes in the bee's behavior that ultimately kills them. The afflicted bees unwillingly leave their hives and start to make uncharacteristic night flies. According to ZomBee Watch, honeybees from multiple states are affected.

​Two Indian-American teenagers —Rajan Vivek from Arizona and Prasanna Krishnamoorthy from Delaware were featured in the prestigious 3-D Space Container Challenge held by NASA. The challenge asked young minds to make an innovative container that will make life of astronauts easier while they are in space. Submissions from the top 30 finalists can be found here.

​This just in- sky over Pluto may not be sunny, but it's blue! NASA's New Horizons spacecraft discovered Pluto's blue sky during the historic flyby of the icy dwarf planet in July. The images of Pluto were beamed down last week and were recently released by NASA. In another finding, scientists have uncovered numerous ice patches on Pluto's surface. The exposed water ice appears to be red.