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  1. Climate

    Human CO2 emissions put Arctic on track to be ice-free by 2050

    Sea ice is shrinking by about three square meters for each metric ton of carbon dioxide emitted, new research suggests.

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  2. Genetics

    Endurance training leaves no memory in muscles

    Unlike strength training, endurance workouts left no genetic trace months later, calling into question idea of a general muscle memory.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    The opioid epidemic spurs a search for new, safer painkillers

    Today’s opioids stop pain — but they’re also dangerous. Scientists are hunting for replacements.

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  4. Animals

    Study ranks Greenland shark as longest-lived vertebrate

    Radiocarbon in eye lenses suggests mysterious Greenland sharks might live for almost 400 years.

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  5. Animals

    Polar bears’ ‘walking hibernation’ not much of an energy saver

    Summer’s “walking hibernation” doesn’t shut down polar bears as much as winter does.

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  6. Climate

    Year in review: Sea ice loss will shake up ecosystems

    Researchers are studying the complex biological consequences of polar melting and opening Arctic passageways.

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  7. Animals

    Feral dogs take a bite out of Andean wildlife

    A survey of a remote park in Ecuador finds feral dogs are a problem for many species of native mammals.

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  8. Life

    Yeasts hide in many lichen partnerships

    Yeasts newly discovered in common lichens challenge more than a century of thinking about what defines the lichen symbiosis.

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  9. Genetics

    ‘Junk DNA’ has value for roundworms

    Some “junk DNA” may be necessary to keep genes active.

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  10. Life

    How Paralympic sprinters lose speed on curves

    Amputee runners may lose more speed on curves when the leg on the inside of the curve is the one bearing a prosthetic, a biomechanics study finds.

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  11. Paleontology

    With dinosaurs out of the way, mammals had a chance to thrive

    The animals that lived through the great extinction event had a range of survival strategies to get them through.

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  12. Paleontology

    Fossil reveals an ancient arthropod’s nervous system

    A roughly 520-million-year-old fossil preserved an ancient arthropod’s ventral nerve cord and peripheral nerves.

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