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Planetary Science

The moon might have had a heavy metal atmosphere with supersonic winds

Heat from a glowing infant Earth could have vaporized the moon’s metals into an atmosphere as thick as Mars’, a new simulation shows.

Anthropology

The southern drawl gets deconstructed

Analysis of the diversity of vowel sounds found in southern accents could help developers of speech recognition software.

Animals

The blue wings of this dragonfly may be surprisingly alive

The wings of adult morpho dragonflies show tiny respiratory channels that may support a complex of nanostructures that shine blue.

Plants

Petunias spread their scent using pushy proteins

Scent molecules hitch a ride on a particular protein to escape flowers.