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Plants

Wine corks may owe quality to gene activity

Discovery of genes that distinguish superior stoppers from inferior ones could help reverse recent global downturn in quality.

Neuroscience

Electrode turns consciousness on and off

Woman lost awareness, though appeared awake, when her brain was stimulated near an area called the claustrum.

Life

Domesticated animals’ juvenile appearance tied to embryonic cells

Mild defects in embryonic cells could explain physical similarities along with tameness across domesticated species.

Anthropology

Clovis people may have hunted elephant-like prey, not just mammoths

The ancient American Clovis culture started out hunting elephant-like animals well south of New World entry points, finds in Mexico suggest.