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  1. Animals

    These seals haven’t lost their land ancestors’ hunting ways

    Clawed pawlike forelimbs help true seals hunt like their land-dwelling ancestors.

    By Laurel Hamers
  2. Archaeology

    This ancient Maya city may have helped the Snake King dynasty spread

    A rural hub in an ancient Maya state gets its due with some laser help.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Science & Society

    Here’s why putting a missile defense system in space could be a bad idea

    Expanding missile defense capabilities could put the world on a slippery slope to space warfare.

    By Emily Conover
  4. Archaeology

    Dogs lived and died with humans 10,000 years ago in the Americas

    Dogs unearthed at sites in Illinois were older than originally thought.

    By Bruce Bower
  5. Space

    Lasers squeezed iron to mimic the conditions of exoplanet cores

    In the first experiment to measure what exoplanets might be like on the inside, scientists hit iron with 176 lasers at once.

    By Lisa Grossman
  6. Tech

    The Facebook data debacle may not change internet behavior

    In the wake of the Facebook data breach, personal privacy experts say there’s little individuals can do to control their personal information online.

    By Maria Temming
  7. Climate

    Cargo ships must cut their emissions in half by 2050

    A new international agreement places a cap on greenhouse gas emissions from international cargo ships.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  8. Archaeology

    Tales of rampant suicide among Custer’s soldiers may be overblown

    Few of Custer’s men killed themselves in the face of overwhelming Native American numbers at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, skeletal data suggest.

    By Bruce Bower
  9. Health & Medicine

    This is how norovirus invades the body

    Norovirus targets a rare type of gut cell, a study in mice finds.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  10. Genetics

    Sweet potatoes might have arrived in Polynesia long before humans

    Genetic analysis suggests that sweet potatoes were present in Polynesia over 100,000 years ago, and didn’t need help crossing the Pacific.

    By Dan Garisto
  11. Astronomy

    With the launch of TESS, NASA will boost its search for exoplanets

    The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will set the stage for the next chapter of exoplanet exploration.

    By Lisa Grossman
  12. Paleontology

    Colorful moth wings date back to the dinosaur era

    Microscopic structures that scatter light to give color to the wings of modern butterflies and moths date back almost 200 million years.

    By Laurel Hamers
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