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  1. Oceans

    Seafloor amber may hold hints of a tsunami 115 million years ago

    Oddly shaped deposits of tree resin point to massive waves that struck northern Japan roughly 115 million years ago and swept a forest into the sea.

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  2. 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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  3. Planetary Science

    How alien ‘canals’ sparked debate over life on Mars

    In The Martians, journalist David Baron recounts scientific and public debate over purported intelligent life on the Red Planet.

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  4. Life

    This biophysicist’s work could one day let doctors control immune cells

    The Stanford biophysicist thinks that understanding the mechanics of cell movement could allow scientists to manipulate immune cells.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Here’s how magnetic fields shape desert ants’ brains

    Exposure to a tweaked magnetic field scrambled desert ants’ efforts to learn where home is — and affected neuron connections in a key part of the brain.

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  6. Animals

    The first known scorpion to live with ants carries mini hitchhikers

    Small arachnids hitch a ride on the scorpion, possibly to get inside food-rich ant nests.

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  7. Ecosystems

    How an invasive ant changed a lion’s dinner menu

    An invasive ant is killing off ants that defend trees from elephants. With less cover, it’s harder for lions to hunt zebras, so they hunt buffalo instead.

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  8. Life

    Toxin-gobbling bacteria may live on poison dart frog skin

    Toxins on poison dart frog skin mold the skin's microbial community, boosting species variety and potentially even feeding some daredevil bacteria.

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  9. Animals

    Ant face patterns like swirls and stubble might have practical value

    Reviewing thousands of ant photos hints that facial surface patterns might offer benefits, like structural support or abrasion protection.

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  10. Quantum Physics

    Quantum mechanics was born 100 years ago. Physicists are celebrating

    Quantum physics underlies technologies from the laser to the smartphone. The International Year of Quantum marks a century of scientific developments.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Humans have shockingly few ways to treat fungal infections

    It's not quite as bad as The Last of Us. But progress has been achingly slow in developing new antifungal vaccines and drugs.

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  12. Plants

    Carnivorous plants eat faster with a fungal friend

    Insects stuck in sundew plants’ sticky secretions suffocate and die before being subjected to a medley of digestive enzymes.

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