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  1. Neuroscience

    Wiggling ears may have once helped us hear

    These ancient ear muscles may provide a readout of a person's hearing efforts.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Psychology

    Breaking negative thought patterns could ward off anxiety, depression

    Getting stuck in a negative loop is part of many mental health disorders. A new therapy focuses more on these thought patterns than the thoughts themselves.

    By Sujata Gupta
  3. Earth

    Spooky floating lights in South Carolina could be earthquake farts

    Gases that rise from the earth during earthquakes could explain strange sightings of floating balls of light.

    By Nikk Ogasa
  4. Animals

    A fungus named after Sir David Attenborough zombifies cave spiders

    The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.