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  1. Animals

    Evidence of ‘yeti’ probably came from a Himalayan black bear

    Last year, a genetic analysis revealed two hairs from an unknown species of bear in Asia. A new study finds that they belong to rare Himalayan black bears.

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  2. Animals

    Pandas’ gut bacteria resemble carnivores’

    Unlike other vegetarians, the bamboo eaters lack plant-digesting microbes.

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  3. Animals

    Eggs and other land foods won’t feed polar bears

    Polar bears will not be able to survive on land by eating birds, eggs and vegetation, a new review concludes.

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  4. Animals

    Color of light sets dung beetles straight

    Dung beetles may rely on green and ultraviolet colors in the sky to help orient themselves.

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  5. Animals

    Animals give clues to the origins of human number crunching

    Guppies, dogs, chickens, crows, spiders — lots of animals have number sense without knowing numbers.

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  6. Animals

    Giant pandas live in the slow lane

    Giant pandas burn far less energy than similarly sized land mammals.

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  7. Archaeology

    Easter Island people used sharpened stones as tools, not weapons

    Sharp-edged stone tools enabled daily survival, not warfare, on Easter Island.

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  8. Tech

    For robots, artificial intelligence gets physical

    Physical intelligence makes robots able to sense of the world around them.

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  9. Genetics

    Ancient DNA tells of two origins for dogs

    Genetic analysis of an ancient Irish mutt reveals complicated history of dog domestication.

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  10. Archaeology

    Babylonians used geometry to track Jupiter’s movements

    Babylonians took a geometric leap to track Jupiter’s movements long before European astronomers did.

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  11. Earth

    Pioneering geologist sought to demystify volcanic eruptions

    In The Last Volcano, a geologist profiles Thomas Jaggar, one of the 20th century’s most influential volcanologists.

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  12. Anthropology

    Hobbits died out earlier than thought

    Tiny Indonesian hominids disappeared earlier than thought, around 50,000 years ago.

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