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  1. Earth

    Going Down? Probe could ride to Earth’s core in a mass of molten iron

    A geophysicist suggests that scientists could explore Earth's inner structure by sending a grapefruit-size probe on a week-long mission to the Earth's core inside a crust-busting mass of molten iron.

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  2. Anthropology

    Stone Age Genetics: Ancient DNA enters humanity’s heritage

    Genetic material extracted from the bones of European Stone Age Homo sapiens, sometimes called Cro-Magnons, bolsters the theory that people evolved independently of Neandertals.

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  3. Humans

    Sea burial for Canada’s cod fisheries

    The Canadian government has declared an end to cod fishing in nearly all of the country’s Atlantic waters.