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Climate

Warming ocean water is turning 99 percent of these sea turtles female

Green sea turtle populations in part of the Great Barrier Reef are becoming increasingly female due to higher ocean temperatures.

Microbes

New pill tracks gases through your gut

Swallowing these pill-sized sensors could give new insight into what’s going on in your gut.

Astronomy

White dwarf’s inner makeup is mapped for the first time

The first map of the internal composition of a white dwarf star shows these stellar corpses contain more oxygen than expected, challenging stellar evolution theories.

Animals

Blowflies use drool to keep their cool

Personal air conditioning the blowfly way: Dangle a droplet of saliva and then reswallow.