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Earth
Detecting an eerie sea glow
At night, glowing bacteria can give large areas of the sea a surreal milky color.
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Tech
The Disappearing Newspaper
Young people are turning to new technologies and sources other than newspapers to keep up with what's going on.
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Humans
Rodent rubbish as an Ice-Age thermometer
Fossilized garbage piles left behind by pack rats provide clues about temperatures long ago.
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Animals
Bee heat cooks invaders
Certain honeybees in Asia use their body heat to kill attacking wasps.
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Health & Medicine
Teen Brains, Under Construction
Spurts in brain development may help account for changes in teen behavior.
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Plants
Cactus goo for clean water
A cactus commonly found in Mexico can help clean up dirty water.
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Environment
Unnatural disasters
The actions of people can make the destruction caused by hurricanes worse than it would be otherwise.
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Psychology
Pain expectations
How painful you expect something to be beforehand can affect how you actually feel when you're hurt.
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Planets
An Icy Blob of Fluff
Firing a projectile into a comet has exposed an icy dirtball.
By Emily Sohn