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  1. Astronomy

    First known exoplanets have few counterparts

    The first known exoplanets were discovered around pulsars — probably one of the least likely places to have been found, astronomers now say.

    By Christopher Crockett
  2. Animals

    Same math describes relationship between diverse predators and prey

    From lions to plankton, predators have about the same relationship to the amount of prey, a big-scale ecology study predicts.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Health & Medicine

    How farm life can prevent allergies

    Farm dust prevents allergies by turning on an anti-inflammatory enzyme in the cells lining mice’s lungs.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Anthropology

    Ancient pottery maps route to South Pacific

    New Guinea pottery points to a key meeting of island natives and seafarers at least 3,000 years ago.