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- Animals
Bat face shapes sound
An oversized appendage in Bourret’s horseshoe bats may aid in long-distance signals.
- Life
Beetle philandering doesn’t work out for the ladies
A common idea about the benefits of multiple matings for females turns out to be wrong for seed beetles.
By Susan Milius - Space
Baby Milky Way modeled
Researchers unveil state-of-the-art simulation of galaxy formation.
By Ron Cowen - Astronomy
Saturn’s moon may host an ocean
Geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus could have delivered sodium from its underground ocean and into the planet's E ring
By Ron Cowen - Health & Medicine
Migraines may carry long-term baggage
Headaches with aura may be linked to the formation of microscopic brain lesions in women and possibly to a heightened risk of stroke.
By Nathan Seppa - Physics
Glass beads cluster as they flow
High-speed camera catches liquidlike behavior in a stream of granular material.
- Archaeology
Stone Age flutes found in Germany
Excavations in Germany have unearthed what may be the oldest known musical instruments.
By Bruce Bower - Space
Iron-ic twist deepens cosmic ray puzzle
Researchers announce an intriguing new finding about the most energetic charged particles in the universe.
By Ron Cowen - Life
Long-lasting daddy longlegs
Fossils of two new daddy longlegs species have been unearthed in China.
By Sid Perkins - Health & Medicine
Test might ascertain who needs appendectomy
Appendicitis might be diagnosable with a new urine test, an advance that could prevent many unnecessary surgeries.
By Nathan Seppa - Archaeology
Ancient granaries preceded the Agricultural Revolution
Granaries excavated in Jordan indicate that people stored large quantities of wild cereals by about 11,300 years ago, a practice that led to the cultivation of domesticated plants, a new study suggests.
By Bruce Bower - Tech
Molecule gears up
Researchers have made one of the most basic components of a machine out of a snowflake-shaped molecule.