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  1. Animals

    Aussie cockatoos use their beaks and claws to turn on water fountains

    Parrots living in Sydney have learned how to turn on water fountains for a drink. It's the first such drinking strategy seen in the birds.

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  2. Particle Physics

    Muons’ magnetism matches theory, easing an enduring physics conundrum

    A puzzle over muons’ magnetic properties could have broken the standard model. But the theory bounced back.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    U.S. moms say their mental health is getting worse

    A national survey finds that mothers of children ages 0 to 17 years report mental health declines from 2016 to 2023.

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  4. Astronomy

    A dwarf galaxy just might upend the Milky Way’s predicated demise

    The Milky Way may merge with the Large Magellanic Cloud in 2 billion years, not Andromeda, contrary to previous findings.

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  5. Chemistry

    Lotions and perfumes affect the air near our skin

    The personal care products suppress reactions between skin oils and ozone. It's not clear how, or if, this chemistry change might impact human health.

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  6. Animals

    How luna moths grow extravagant wings

    Warm temperatures, not just predator pressure, may favor luna moths’ long bat-fooling streamers, a geographic analysis of iNaturalist pics shows.

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  7. Planetary Science

    Venus’ tectonics may be actively reshaping its surface

    Circular landforms speckling the Venusian surface may be the work of tectonic activity.

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  8. Anthropology

    Males of this ancient human cousin weren’t always bigger than females

    Molecular evidence from a 2-million-year-old southern African hominid species indicates sex and genetic differences in P. robustus.

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  9. Science & Society

    Students’ mental health imperiled by $1 billion cuts to school funding

    The Trump administration is cutting $1 billion in grants that support student mental health. That has educators worried.

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  10. Animals

    Genetics might save the rare, elusive saola — if it’s not already extinct

    A new genetic study could help saolas survive by enabling better searches through environmental DNA. But some experts fear they may be extinct already.

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  11. Space

    A passing star could fling Earth out of orbit

    Simulations show that the star's tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Personalized gene editing saved a baby, but the tech’s future is uncertain

    The personalized CRISPR treatment could be the future of gene therapy, but hurdles remain before everyone has access.

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