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  1. Paleontology

    Stegosaur tails packed a punch

    A mathematical analysis of a fossil stegosaur's bones leaves little doubt that the creature's spike-studded tail was an effective defense against predators.

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  2. Chemistry

    Dipping deeper into acid

    New experiments reveal how a molecule of acid dissolves in water.

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  3. Astronomy

    News flash: Earth still has only one moon

    An object discovered orbiting Earth in early September isn't a moon but something much more mundane—an upper stage of a rocket that was used in the Apollo 12 mission to the moon.

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  4. Ah, my pretty, you’re…#&! a beetle pile!

    Hundreds of tiny, young blister beetles cluster into lumps resembling female bees and hitchhike on the male bees that they seduce.