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  1. Animals

    Bumphead parrot fish declare their arrival with a crunch

    Months of swimming with the coral-biter bumpheads exposes the animal’s extreme digestion and also a conservation dilemma.

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  2. Life

    New gut-dwelling virus is surprisingly common

    It’s not clear yet whether the bacteriophage crAssphage, found in people’s intestines, has any health effects.

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  3. Science & Society

    ‘Enlightening Symbols’ shows how math’s language arose

    From numerals to infinity, symbols have advanced mathematical thinking.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    ‘NOVA’ takes science’s side in vaccine debate

    A TV documentary dissects concerns about vaccinations and spells out the science supporting their use.

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  5. Life

    Feedback

    Readers discuss Dulles' microscapes exhibit, baby birthweights and what should be done about the triclosan problem.

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  6. Earth

    Sometimes value lies deep below the surface

    Stories on jellyfish, Ebola, carbon capture's future and heart disease's past reveal how crises old and new often lead to science's healthiest advances.

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  7. Environment

    Carbon capture and storage finally approaching debut

    Carbon capture and storage offers a way to rein in global carbon emissions. But financial and regulatory obstacles, as well as public fears, are delaying the technology’s long-awaited implementation.

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  8. Animals

    Seeing past the jellyfish sting

    Jellies don’t get nearly as much love as their cousins, the corals, but they deserve credit for providing homes to some creatures, dinner to others and more. They’re an integral part of the oceans.

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  9. Life

    Test drug stops Marburg virus in monkeys

    Using a nano-size piece of RNA, scientists have stopped Marburg virus in monkeys.

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  10. Materials Science

    Magnets get flipped by light

    Controlling magnetism with lasers could lead to faster computer hard drives.

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  11. Animals

    These lizards may be able to learn from each other

    An experiment with skinks provides the first evidence of social learning in lizards.

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  12. Astronomy

    Chemical signature of first-generation star found

    The unusual balance of elements in the atmosphere of a star most likely came from the explosion of another star more than 100 times as massive as the sun.

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