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  1. Anthropology

    Climate shift shaped Aussie extinctions

    Stone Age people lived virtually side-by-side with now-extinct animals in western Australia for 6,000 years.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Earth

    Farmers without Fungus: How to store peanuts to reduce toxins

    African peanut farmers can more than halve their exposure to a class of harmful fungal toxins called aflatoxins by adopting several simple measures after harvest.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Materials Science

    Micropower Heats Up: Propane fuel cell packs a lot of punch

    Portable electronic devices such as laptops and MP3 players could soon run on miniature fuel cells that consume propane.

    By Alexandra Goho
  4. Earth

    Icy Heat: Satellites look at heat flow through Antarctica’s crust

    Using satellite observations of Earth's magnetic field, scientists can estimate the amount of heat flowing upward through Earth's surface under kilometers-thick ice.