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  1. Earth

    Letters to the editor

    By Science News
  2. Planetary Science

    Shergottite SHER-goh-tite n.

    Shergottite is the most common kind of Martian meteorite.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  3. Microbes

    Let the bedbugs bite

    Harold Harlan has been feeding bedbugs, intentionally, on his own blood since 1973. He keeps pint or quart jars in his home containing at least 4,000 bugs.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Psychology

    Familiar faces

    "Super recognizers" never forget a visage, an unusual ability that can be put to good use.

    By Susan Gaidos
  5. Cosmology

    Everlasting light

    Remnant glow of ancient stars offers glimpse of universe's past.

    By Alexandra Witze
  6. Humans

    Not really nine months

    Gestation length varies greatly.

    By Science News
  7. Earth

    Life under ice

    Lake Vostok may harbor ingredients for a complex subglacial ecosystem.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  8. Humans

    How We Do It

    The Evolution and Future of Human Reproduction by Robert Martin.

    By Cristy Gelling
  9. Psychology

    What Makes a Hero?

    The Surprising Science of Selflessness by Elizabeth Svoboda.

    By Sid Perkins
  10. Earth

    Breakups maintain barchan dune fields, somehow

    Two new theories try to explain how the crescent-shaped sand mountains persist.

    By Erin Wayman
  11. Life

    Bats can carry MERS

    DNA of a deadly respiratory virus has been found in a Saudi Arabian mammal.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Earth

    Millions in China at risk of exposure to arsenic-tainted water

    Simulation shows possibly contaminated areas and predicts populations at risk.

    By Erin Wayman