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  1. Quantum Physics

    Quantum links provide clues to causation

    Quantum entanglement enables physicists to determine cause and effect just by tracking the association between two measurements.

    By Andrew Grant
  2. Climate

    Rain slows whipping hurricane winds

    Taking raindrop drag into account — which may slow hurricane winds by as much as 30 percent — could help improve hurricane forecasts.

    By Thomas Sumner
  3. Anthropology

    Cache of eagle claws points to Neandertal jewelry-making

    Eagle-claw jewelry points to Neandertals’ symbolic behavior before contact with humans, researchers argue.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Planetary Science

    Martian aurora, high-altitude dust clouds surprise scientists

    Surprise auroras and mystery dust clouds dance in the Martian atmosphere, NASA’s newest Mars orbiter discovers.