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  1. Paleontology

    Subway dig in L.A. yields fossil trove

    Fossil finds made when a subway line was extended from Los Angeles into the San Fernando Valley include bones of mastodons, ground sloths, extinct bison and camels, and 39 new species of fish.

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  2. Nightlife: Marsupial meets mistletoe

    A tiny marsupial in Argentina turns out to disperse mistletoe seeds, a job once presumed to be for the birds.

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  3. Great tits inherit egg spots from mom

    An unusual study of eggshell spots suggests that there may be a gene for spottiness on the great tit's female sex chromosome.

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  4. Tech

    Ink-jet dots form transistor spots

    A new technique makes ink-jet printing of transistor circuits possible from conductive polymer inks.