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  1. Animals

    The mystery of vanishing honeybees is still not definitively solved

    The case has never been fully closed for colony collapse disorder, and now bees face bigger problems.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Evidence grows that normal childbirth takes longer than we thought

    Another study finds that labor lasts longer than is traditionally taught — an insight that could mean fewer unnecessary cesarean deliveries.

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  3. Anthropology

    DNA solves the mystery of how these mummies were related

    Two ancient Egyptian mummies known as the Two Brothers had the same mother, but different dads.

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  4. Paleontology

    Tiny scales in ancient lagoon may be the first fossil evidence of the moth-butterfly line

    Fancy liquid-sipper mouthparts might have evolved before the great burst of flower evolution

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  5. Astronomy

    Spaceships could use blinking dead stars to chart their way

    Timing signals from five pulsars allowed scientists to pinpoint an experiment’s place in space.