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Genetics

Contagious cancer found in clams

A soft-shell clam disease is just the third example of a contagious cancer.

Anthropology

Beads suggest culture blocked farming in Northern Europe

Baltic hunter-gatherers blocked farming’s spread from south.

Astronomy

Cyanides around young star signal complex organic chemistry

Abundances of cyanide compounds around a young star match those found in comets in our solar system.

Life

It’s true: Butterfly spots can mimic scary eyes

Contrary to recent studies, the old notion that butterfly wing eyespots evoke predator eyes may not be so old-fashioned after all.