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  1. Animals

    Help ornithologists develop bird photo ID tool

    Cornell ornithology lab’s computer identification of common North American avian species needs your photos.

    By Lila Guterman
  2. Life

    Antibody that fights MERS found

    Scientists have isolated a human immune protein that fights the MERS virus in mice.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  3. Life

    Microbes’ role in truffle scents not trifling

    Truffles make their prized aroma with a little help from their microbes, chemists suggest.

    By Beth Mole
  4. Life

    Laser light made inside cells

    Microscopic beads and oil droplets become lasers when implanted into cells.

    By Andrew Grant
  5. Physics

    Revamping the metric measure of mass

    The units of the metric system are on track for a 2018 makeover.