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  1. Physics

    Rainbows of sound are a reality thanks to a new device

    A plastic structure separates white noise into pitches, like a rainbow splits light into colors, offering a novel way to manipulate sound.

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  2. Animals

    Flamingos create precise water vortices in a shrimp-hunting frenzy

    Nashville Zoo flamingos reveal the oddball birds generate many types of vortices to eat. The swirls could be an inspiration to human engineers.

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  3. Animals

    This tool-wielding assassin turns its prey’s defenses into a trap

    This assassin bug's ability to use a tool — bees’ resin — could shed light on how the ability evolved in other animals.

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  4. Astronomy

    A gas cloud 5,500 times as massive as the sun lurks nearby

    At 300 light-years away, the interstellar cloud is the closest of its kind ever found to Earth and the largest apparent single structure in the sky.

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  5. Tech

    A new 3-D display lets you reach in and touch virtual objects

    These hands-on displays might be used to create more immersive video games, educational tools and museum exhibits.

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  6. Animals

    This caterpillar wears the body parts of insect prey

    Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat.

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  7. Animals

    Bats wearing tiny mics reveal how the fliers avoid rush hour collisions

    As thousands of bats launch nightly hunting, the cacophony of a dense crowd should stymie echolocation, a so-called “cocktail party nightmare.”

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  8. Animals

    The story of dire wolves goes beyond de-extinction

    Some question whether the pups are really dire wolves, or just genetically tweaked gray wolves. But the technology could be used to help at-risk animals.

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  9. Earth

    More details about the Myanmar earthquake are emerging

    A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.

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