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  1. Archaeology

    Easter Island’s farmers cultivated social resilience, not collapse

    A Polynesian society often presumed to have self-destructed shows signs of having carried on instead.

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  2. Climate

    Tornado intensity climbs in the United States

    Larger paths of destruction may be tied to climate change.

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  3. Life

    Animal origins shift to comb jellies

    Genetic data confirm the marine predators have more ancient origin than simpler sponges.

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  4. Paleontology

    Fleshy comb is first found on a dinosaur

    A fossil head has both a duck bill and a soft-tissue crest, scientists suggest.

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  5. Planetary Science

    Europa vents water, Hubble data suggest

    Plumes from ice-covered oceans would increase likelihood of life-friendly conditions on one moon of Jupiter.

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  6. Climate

    Coldest place moves from one Antarctic site to another

    New record low measured by satellite.

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  7. Animals

    Lizard breath has surprising birdlike flow

    Decades of assumptions may be wrong about the evolution of reptile lungs.

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  8. Life

    Dietary changes affect gut microbes within a day

    Menu restricted to meat, egg and cheese alters bacterial mix more than eating only plants.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Heartburn drugs linked to vitamin deficiency

    People who take Nexium, Prilosec and other medicines more prone to low B12 levels.

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  10. Neuroscience

    Brain chip enables injured rats to control movements

    Prosthesis bypasses damaged area to connect distant neurons.

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  11. Math

    Twin primes and prime bunches in mathematicians’ crosshairs

    For second time this year, a mathematician makes a major advance toward proving a long-standing conjecture.

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  12. Neuroscience

    Faulty brain wiring may contribute to dyslexia

    Adults with the disorder showed difficulty transmitting information among areas that process language.

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