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  1. Animals

    Antibiotic Alligator: Promising proteins lurk in reptile blood

    Scientists are zeroing in on alligator blood proteins that show promise for fighting disease-causing microbes.

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  2. Humans

    Letter from the Publisher

    Science News is about to pause briefly before presenting itself to you in a new form, both in print and online.

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  3. Earth

    Britain’s biggest meteorite strike

    An unusual layer of rock found along Britain's northwestern coast formed from the debris thrown out of a crater when a meteorite struck nearby more than 1 billion years ago.

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  4. Astronomy

    Solving a cosmic ray conundrum

    Astronomers say they have solved a puzzle about the most energetic particles that smash into Earth.

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  5. Earth

    Refuge for the resilient

    Some conservationists recommend creating marine parks in areas most likely to survive climate change.

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  6. Archaeology

    Peruvian site yields a golden discovery

    The discovery of a 4,000-year-old gold necklace in Peru suggests that social elites and economic growth appeared in a surprisingly simple society.

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  7. Animals

    Robin stole credit for Batman’s deeds

    Bats turn out to be overlooked but significant eaters of insects, pests and other arthropods on shade-grown coffee farms and in tropical forests.

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  8. Animals

    Comb jellies take root in a new tree of animal life

    A team of biologists places comb jellies, not sponges, at the base of a new tree of animal life.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Take a Breath: Fatty substance may play role in cystic fibrosis

    A fatty compound called ceramide that accumulates in lung cells may be instrumental in the devastating disease cystic fibrosis.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Traveling Toxin: Botox may hitch a ride on nerve cells

    New evidence suggests that Botox migrates from the injection site, perhaps traveling along nerve cells.

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  11. Paleontology

    Salty Old Cellulose: Tiny fibers found in ancient halite deposits

    Researchers have recovered microscopic bits of cellulose from 253-million-year-old salt deposits deep underground.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Curbing Chemo: Fasting cushions drug’s side effects in mice

    Two days of starvation kicks mice's cells into repair mode and helps them endure high doses of chemotherapy.

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