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  1. Plants

    Honey, We Shrank the Snow Lotus: Picking big plants reduces species’ height

    Years of harvesting the larger plants of a Himalayan wildflower used in traditional medicines may be driving the evolution of a stubbier plant form.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Astronomy

    Core Finding: Latest, oddest planet hints at how orbs form

    A newly discovered planet beyond the solar system has the most massive core of any planet known.

    By Ron Cowen

  3. Same Difference: Twins’ gene regulation isn’t identical

    As identical twins go through life, environmental influences differently affect which genes are turned on and which are switched off.

    By Christen Brownlee

  4. 19567

    Why slam a copper impactor into Comet Tempel 1? Wouldn’t copper vapor contaminate the spray? Why not a high-temperature ceramic? P.M.