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  1. Paleontology

    Hippo history extracted from fossil teeth found in Kenya

    Fossilized teeth from the newly identified Epirigenys lokonensis, an ancestor of the hippopotamus, are filling in some of the mammoth mammal’s history.

    By Ashley Yeager
  2. Oceans

    ‘Ocean Worlds’ chronicles the story of water on Earth and across the cosmos

    Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams recount the history and predict the future of Earth’s oceans.

    By Christopher Crockett
  3. Oceans

    Glassy blue iceberg goes belly up

    A photographer snaps a rare picture of a recently overturned iceberg near Antarctica.

    By Thomas Sumner
  4. Life

    Gene study digs into partnership between fungi and plants

    Fungal genes for symbiotic relationship with plants evolved a few times, and relatively recently, a study suggests.