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  1. Climate

    Sharks could serve as ocean watchdogs

    Tagged with sensors, toothy fish gather weather and climate data in remote Pacific waters.

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  2. Animals

    Bonobos feel the beat

    Some animals, like cockatoos and bonobos, are able to move to the groove. Studying animals that keep the beat might tell us whether musical rhythm is really widespread.

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  3. Chemistry

    X-rays uncover hidden faces in Rembrandt painting

    Lead paint under the surface of the work gives away the artist’s indecisiveness.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Project to collect 100,000 people’s medical data

    Tracking microbiomes, blood tests and more over decades could provide individual health recommendations.

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  5. Ecosystems

    Arctic melting may help parasites infect new hosts

    Grey seals and beluga whales encounter killer microbes as ranges change.

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  6. Animals

    ‘Packrat’ is the new term for ‘really organized’

    The more eclectic hoarder species segregate pantry from lumber room from junk museum. The result is more orderly than the closets of some human packrats.

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  7. Math

    Goldberg variations: New shapes for molecular cages

    Scientists have figured a way to iron out the wrinkles in a large class of molecular cages.

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  8. Environment

    How oil breaks fish hearts

    Hydrocarbons that spill into oceans stifle the beat of tuna cardiac cells.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Cocaine use appears to boost stroke risk in young people

    A study of young and middle-aged adults adds to evidence of the drug’s harmful effects.

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  10. Animals

    In crazy vs. fire, the ant with the detox dance wins

    Tawny crazy ants pick fights with fire ants and win, thanks to a previously unknown way of detoxifying fire ant venom.

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  11. Neuroscience

    Gene adds wrinkle to brain development

    Mutations in the gene GPR56 results in misshapen folds in the brain tied to intellectual and language disabilities.

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  12. Tech

    Termite-inspired robots build structures without central command

    Simple guidelines keep machines hauling and placing bricks.

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