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  1. Animals

    Too many stinkbugs spoil the wine

    Stinkbugs can ruin wine if enough are accidentally processed alive with the grapes. Three or fewer stinkbugs per grape cluster don’t have a noticeable effect on red wine.

    By Elizabeth Eaton
  2. Life

    Howler monkeys may owe their color vision to leaf hue

    Better color vision gives howler monkeys an edge at finding food.

    By Laurel Hamers
  3. Anthropology

    Power may have passed via women in ancient Chaco Canyon society

    DNA points to a 330-year-long reign of a maternal dynasty centered in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Anthropology

    Low-status chimps revealed as trendsetters

    Outranked chimpanzees trigger spread of useful new behaviors among their comrades.