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  1. Climate

    Katrina’s legacy: Refining hurricane forecasting

    Ten years following Hurricane Katrina’s formation, the storm’s devastating legacy in New Orleans and beyond continues to drive storm forecast improvements.

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  2. Animals

    ‘Prehistoric Predators’ is a carnival of ancient dinosaurs, mammals and more

    A new children’s book offers gorgeous illustrations and information for everyone about ancient carnivores.

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  3. Science & Society

    A bot, not a Kardashian, probably wrote that e-cig tweet

    Some 80 percent of recent e-cigarette-related tweets were promotional in nature, raising concerns that the positive spin is targeting a young audience.

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  4. Life

    Extinction in lab bottle was a fluke, experiment finds

    Extinction in a bottle was a random catastrophe, not survival of the fittest.

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  5. Earth

    Millions of dollars’ worth of gold and silver found beneath volcanoes

    A jackpot of dissolved gold and silver discovered in reservoirs of hot water beneath New Zealand’s Taupo Volcanic Zone.

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  6. Neuroscience

    Whistled language uses both sides of the brain

    Unlike spoken words, language made of whistles processed by both sides of the brain.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Five reasons to not totally panic about ticks and Lyme disease

    We’ve been trained to panic about tick bites and Lyme disease. There are risks to both — and here are some key facts.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Recent advances may improve Jimmy Carter’s chances against melanoma

    Improvements in melanoma treatment over the last five years may aid former President Jimmy Carter’s battle against the disease.

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  9. Animals

    Seeing humans as superpredators

    People have become a unique predator, hunting mostly adults of other species.

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  10. Tech

    50 years ago, an automat began taking paper money

    Ubiquitous today, vending machines that accepted bills were once considered exciting technological achievements.

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  11. Plants

    What fairy circles teach us about science

    Science can’t yet tell us how fairy circles form, but that’s not a failure for science.

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  12. Genetics

    Gene thought to cause obesity works indirectly

    Researchers have discovered a “genetic switch” that determines whether people will burn extra calories or save them as fat.

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