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Animals

Roach gals get less choosy as time goes by

As their first reproductive peak wanes, female cockroaches become more like male ones, willing to mate with any potential partner that moves.

Paleontology

Study picks new site for dinosaur nostrils

A new analysis of fossils and living animals suggests that most dinosaurs' nostrils occurred at locations toward the tip of their snout rather than farther up on their face, a concept that may change scientists' views of the animals' physiology and behavior.

Astronomy

Ground-based telescope detects star’s corona

Astronomers using a ground-based telescope have for the first time observed near-ultraviolet light from the corona of a star other than our sun.