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  1. Life

    Polluted water: It’s where sea snakes wear black

    Reptile counterpart proposed for textbook example of evolution favoring darker moths amid industrial soot.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Astronomy

    What can we learn about Mercury’s surface during the eclipse?

    Instruments aboard twin research jets will take advantage of the total solar eclipse to make the first thermal map of Mercury.

    By Lisa Grossman
  3. Astronomy

    What happens in Earth’s atmosphere during an eclipse?

    The charged layer of Earth’s atmosphere gets uncharged during an eclipse, and that could have implications for everything from GPS accuracy to earthquake prediction.

    By Lisa Grossman
  4. Astronomy

    What do plants and animals do during an eclipse?

    A citizen science experiment will gather the biggest dataset to date of animal responses to a total eclipse.