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  1. Microbes

    Missing gut microbes linked to childhood malnutrition

    The right mix of gut microbes could prevent kids from succumbing to malnutrition.

    By Meghan Rosen
  2. Archaeology

    Easter Island people used sharpened stones as tools, not weapons

    Sharp-edged stone tools enabled daily survival, not warfare, on Easter Island.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Materials Science

    New carbon cluster has high storage capacity

    A new carbon structure could store gases or liquids in honeycomb-shaped cells.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  4. Chemistry

    After 75 years, plutonium is still NASA’s fuel of choice

    On the 75th anniversary of the discovery of plutonium, the radioactive element is still not a major source of fuel for nuclear power plants in the United States.