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Animals

Heat turns wild genetic male reptiles into functional females

Genetic male bearded dragons changed to females by overheating in the wild can still breed successfully.

Psychology

Music to just about everyone’s ears

Common elements of music worldwide point to its central role in group cohesion.

Astronomy

Super-Earths are not a good place for plate tectonics

The intense pressures inside super-Earths make plate tectonics less likely, new research suggests.

Environment

Oil-munching microbes cleaning up Gulf marshes faster than expected

Microbes in some of Louisiana’s marshes are breaking down oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill faster than expected.