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Ecosystems

Bird poop helps keep coral reefs healthy, but rats are messing that up

Eradicating invasive rats from islands may help boost numbers of seabirds, whose droppings provide nutrients to nearby coral reefs.

Paleontology

Long-necked dinosaurs grew to be giants in more ways than one

Some early relatives of giant, long-necked sauropods may have used a different strategy to grow to colossal sizes than previously thought.

Materials Science

Designer diamonds could one day help build a quantum internet

A new design in artificial diamonds stores and releases quantum information better than others.

Earth

Kilauea’s spectacular pyrotechnics show no signs of stopping

Watch some of the most striking videos and images of the strange, fiery beauty of the Hawaii volcano’s ongoing eruption.