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- Climate
Coldest place moves from one Antarctic site to another
New record low measured by satellite.
By Meghan Rosen - Animals
Lizard breath has surprising birdlike flow
Decades of assumptions may be wrong about the evolution of reptile lungs.
By Susan Milius - Life
Dietary changes affect gut microbes within a day
Menu restricted to meat, egg and cheese alters bacterial mix more than eating only plants.
- Materials Science
Nanoglue attaches tissues to each other
Silica particles could repair and help engineer human organs.
By Beth Mole - Health & Medicine
Heartburn drugs linked to vitamin deficiency
People who take Nexium, Prilosec and other medicines more prone to low B12 levels.
By Nathan Seppa - Humans
Fossils reveal a strong-armed, dead-end hominid
Olduvai Gorge finds suggest extinct hominid both walked and hung out in trees.
By Bruce Bower - Neuroscience
Brain chip enables injured rats to control movements
Prosthesis bypasses damaged area to connect distant neurons.
- Planetary Science
Mars was habitable longer, more recently than thought
Warmer, wetter conditions lasted until 3.5 billion years ago on the Red Planet.
By Andrew Grant - Animals
A corsage that bites
The orchid mantis uses a flowery subterfuge to lure prey.
By Susan Milius - Astronomy
Saturn’s six-sided cloud pattern gets a close look
New images show particles in the planet’s hexagonally shaped jet stream.
- Math
Twin primes and prime bunches in mathematicians’ crosshairs
For second time this year, a mathematician makes a major advance toward proving a long-standing conjecture.
- Ecosystems
Online map tracks forest shifts from space
By layering more than 650,000 satellite images onto a Google map, researchers have created a new tool to track forest cover.
By Meghan Rosen