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  1. Chemistry

    Long nails don’t work on touchscreens. An experimental polish could help

    Proton movement in the nail polish probably activates the touchscreen, but the formula isn’t ready to hit shelves yet.

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  2. Animals

    Mosquitoes get the ‘I’m full’ signal from their butts, not their brains

    Mosquitoes stop feeding because signals from rectal cells tell them they’re full, offering a target for preventing human bites.

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  3. Archaeology

    A new study questions when people first reached South America

    Data suggest people lived at Chile’s Monte Verde site thousands of years later than thought, challenging key “pre-Clovis” evidence. Not all agree.

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  4. Earth

    Earth’s continental plates were moving 3.48