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  1. Animals

    Dog brains divide language tasks much like humans do

    Dogs understand what we say separately from how we say it.

    By Laurel Hamers
  2. Health & Medicine

    Tasmanian devils evolve resistance to contagious cancer

    Tasmanian devils are evolving resistance to a deadly contagious cancer.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Anthropology

    Fossil autopsy claims Lucy fell from tree

    A contested study suggests a famous fossil ancestor plunged to her death.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Physics

    Bacteria-sized molecules created in lab

    Cesium atoms with high-energy electrons pair up to form giant molecules.

    By Emily Conover
  5. Planetary Science

    Venus once possibly habitable, study suggests

    Venus might have once been habitable and home to a shallow ocean.