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  1. Animals

    Not-OK Coral

    First big species audit finds coral extinction risks severely under-reported

    By Susan Milius
  2. Space

    An early record-breaker

    A remote galaxy is churning out up to 4,000 newborn stars a year, making it the star-forming champ among galaxies in the early universe.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Health & Medicine

    Repairing muscle from the cell up

    Skeletal muscle stem cells can fix weakling muscles in mice and could eventually lead to treatments for muscular dystrophy.

    By Tia Ghose
  4. Earth

    Recipe for an avalanche

    The start of an avalanche is more about the snow than the slope.

    By Ashley Yeager
  5. Earth

    Howdy, neighbor!

    About 800 million years ago, East Antarctica, now one of the coldest regions on Earth, abutted what is now Death Valley, Calif.,