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  1. Plants

    Plants packed close enough to touch are more resilient to stress

    Signals transmitted via leaves can warn neighboring plants of stressful events, making the group collectively more resilient than plants in isolation.

    By Richard Kemeny
  2. Climate

    Earth’s last 3 years were its hottest on record

    An analysis of global climate data shows sustained warming even as El Niño faded.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Archaeology

    This ancient pottery holds the earliest evidence of humans doing math

    Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and crops, archaeologists say.

    By Tom Metcalfe
  4. Health & Medicine

    Botox could be used to fight snakebite

    A study on rabbits dosed with viper venom suggests that botulinum toxin may alleviate some effects of snakebite, possibly by dampening inflammation.