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  1. Animals

    Monkeys hunt small animals when fruit is scarce

    Capuchins hunt and eat small vertebrates more often as plant foods wane. The behavior may help us learn more about humans’ early dietary evolution.

    By Jake Buehler
  2. Paleontology

    Once upon a time, insects had 24 legs

    A many-legged oddball from long ago helps fill a major gap in the fossil record — and hints at how insects ended up with just six legs.

    By Elie Dolgin
  3. Planetary Science

    Microbes might get freeze-dried on the moon’s south pole

    Artemis IV will put people on the moon’s surface for the first time in 50 years. NASA research reveals the microbes that might hitch a ride.