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  1. Animals

    Coconut crab pinches like a lion, eats like a dumpster diver

    Coconut crabs use their surprisingly powerful claw for more than cracking coconuts.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Plants

    Enzymes aid rice plants’ arsenic defenses

    Rice plant roots have natural defenses against arsenic.

    By Laurel Hamers
  3. Life

    New imaging technique catches DNA ‘blinking’ on

    Dye-free imaging technique zooms in below 10-nanometer threshold, allowing new cellular views.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Microbes

    Microbes survived inside giant cave crystals for up to 50,000 years

    Microbes trapped in crystals in Mexico's Naica mine may represent some of the most distinct life-forms found in Earth so far.