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Health & MedicineCholera pandemics are fueled by globe-trotting bacterial strains
International cholera strains, rather than local ones, have caused raging epidemics, according to research that examined the bacteria’s DNA.
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PhysicsWhy the wiggle in a crowd’s walk can put a wobble in a bridge
New simulations can better predict when pedestrians cause a bridge to shimmy.
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AnthropologyAncient European farmers and foragers hooked up big time
Interbreeding escalated in regionally distinct ways across Neolithic Europe.
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AnimalsThis deep-sea fish uses weird eyes to see in dark and light
The eyes of deep-sea fish called pearlsides contain cells that look like rods but act like cones.