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  1. Oceans

    Combining western science with Indigenous knowledge could help the Arctic

    Polar marine ecologist Marianne Falardeau investigates how Arctic ecosystems are shifting under climate change.

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  2. Animals

    A wolf raided a crab trap. Was it tool use or just canine cunning?

    Video from the Haíɫzaqv Nation Indigenous community shows a wolf hauling a crab trap ashore. Scientists are split on whether it counts as tool use.

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  3. Animals

    This parasitic ant tricks workers into committing matricide

    Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.

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  4. Neuroscience

    To decode future anxiety and depression, begin with a child’s brain

    A child-friendly brain imaging technique is just one way neuroscientist Cat Camacho investigates how children learn to process emotions.

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  5. Archaeology

    Peru’s Serpent Mountain sheds its mysterious past

    No, aliens had nothing to do with a winding 1.5-kilometer-long path of holes. First used as a market, the Inca then repurposed it for tax collection.

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  6. Planetary Science

    How did Pluto capture its largest moon, Charon?

    Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.

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  7. Space

    Black holes are encircled by thin rings of light. This physicist wants to see one

    Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.

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  8. Animals

    Which venomous snakes strike the fastest?

    Vipers have the fastest strikes, but snakes from other families can give some slower vipers stiff competition.

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  9. Quantum Physics

    Quantum ‘echoes’ reveal the potential of Google’s quantum computer

    Google says its quantum computer achieved a verifiable calculation that classic computers cannot. The work could point to future applications.

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