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  1. Earth

    A 2011 earthquake bounced a seismic wave off Earth’s core, nudging Japan east

    The wave's round trip to Earth's core set off a fault slip along Japan's plate boundaries, revealing a seismic hazard scientists hadn't recognized.

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  2. Paleontology

    A textbook assumption about early land vertebrates may be wrong

    Three species that lived about 308 million years ago challenge the idea that the first land vertebrates underwent amphibian-like metamorphosis.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

    It’s just a matter of time before Sporothrix brasiliensis reaches the U.S. a CDC expert says.

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  4. Climate

    A ‘Super El Niño’ may be on the way.