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  1. Paleontology

    Under lasers, a feathered dino shows some skin

    Laser-stimulated fluorescence reveals detailed images of soft tissue in a feathered dinosaur from 160 million years ago.

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  2. Animals

    Shocking stories tell tale of London Zoo’s founding

    In The Zoo, Isobel Charman pens a gripping narrative of the London Zoo’s early days, when workers had a hard time keeping animals alive.

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  3. Physics

    To understand rivers, let physics be your guide

    Where the River Flows unites physics and environmental science to explain Earth’s waterways.

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  4. Ecosystems

    A king snake’s strength is in its squeeze

    King snakes feast on other, larger snakes, perhaps thanks to superior constricting abilities, new research suggests.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Smartphones may be changing the way we think

    We rely on our digital devices to connect with others and for memory and navigation shortcuts. What is that doing to our brains?

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  6. Animals

    Detachable scales turn this gecko into an escape artist

    A new species of gecko evades predators by shedding its scaly armor.

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  7. Science & Society

    White House budget plan would slash science

    President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 includes some big cuts for science.

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  8. Earth

    Remnants of Earth’s original crust preserve time before plate tectonics

    Canadian rocks containing bits from 4.2 billion years ago suggest that full-fledged plate tectonics had a late start.

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  9. Animals

    How one enslaving wasp eats through another

    A wasp that forces oaks to grow a gall gets tricked into digging an escape tunnel for its killers.

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  10. Physics

    Superfluid helium behaves like black holes

    Simulations of superfluid helium show it follows the same unusual entropy rule that black holes do.

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  11. Animals

    Tropical bedbugs outclimb common species

    A study of bedbug traps and feet names finds that tropical bedbugs are much better at scaling slippery walls than common bedbugs.

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  12. Animals

    Tropical bedbugs outclimb common bedbugs

    A study of bedbug traps and feet names finds that tropical bedbugs are much better at scaling slippery walls than common bedbugs.

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