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  1. Humans

    Cannibalism in Colonial America comes to life

    Researchers have found the first skeletal evidence that starving colonists ate their own.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Physics

    Counting cracks in glass gives speed of projectile

    There is a simple relationship between an object's velocity and the number of spokes it leaves in a dinged windshield or fractured windowpane.

    By Andrew Grant
  3. Tech

    Recreating the eye of the fly

    Inspired by insect vision, camera with 180 linked lenses captures panoramic views.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Animals

    Fossil illuminates ancestry of swifts and hummingbirds

    Spectacularly preserved remains suggest that the two avian groups' predecessors got small before splitting and developing their flying chops.