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  1. Cosmology

    Gravitational waves unmask universe just after Big Bang

    For the first time, researchers have seen traces of superfast cosmic expansion and gravity waves.

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  2. Animals

    Submariners’ ‘bio-duck’ is probably a whale

    First acoustic tags on Antarctic minke whales suggest the marine mammals are the long-sought source of the mysterious bio-duck sound.

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  3. Animals

    The Thing With Feathers

    In the new book, "The Thing With Feathers," Noah Strycker brings people nose to beak with the plumed creatures he knows so well.

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  4. Earth

    West Antarctica warming fast

    A reconstructed temperature record from a high-altitude station shows an unexpectedly rapid rise since 1958.

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  5. Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continent by Gabrielle Walker

    A science writer takes readers on a journey to the bottom of the Earth through firsthand accounts of her travels with scientists. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013, 388 p., $27

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  6. Animals

    The Ice Age was harsh on orcas

    Killer whale DNA shows that climate change resulted in declines for most populations.

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  7. Astronomy

    High-energy neutrinos ensnared from beyond the solar system

    Speedy particles detected in Antarctica may point to gargantuan black holes or cataclysmic explosions.

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  8. Earth

    Letters to the editor

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  9. Earth

    The ice keeper

    The Science Life.

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  10. Oceans

    Glacier melt causes large fraction of sea level rise

    From 2003 to 2009, thawing ice nearly as large a contributor to oceans as massive sheets at poles, researchers find in new analysis.

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  11. Aliens in Antarctica

    Visitors carry unwelcome species into a once pristine environment.

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  12. Animals

    Sponges boom thanks to Antarctic ice shelf bust

    Previously thought to grow at a slow pace, the sea creatures exploded in number.

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