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  1. Genetics

    What 23andMe’s bankruptcy means for your genetic data

    As 23andMe prepares to be sold, Science News spoke with two experts about what’s at stake and whether consumers should delete their genetic data.

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  2. Animals

    You might be reading your dog’s moods wrong

    A dog's physical cues often take a back seat to environmental ones, skewing humans' perceptions, a small study suggests.

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  3. Animals

    Is that shark ticking? In a first, a shark is recorded making noise

    The ocean can be a symphony of fish grunts, hums and growls. Now add tooth-clacking sharks to the score.

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  4. Plants

    A nearly century-old dead date palm tree helped solve an ancestry mystery

    The iconic Cape Verde date palm came from commercial trees gone feral and could provide genetic variety to boost the resilience of its tamer relatives.

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  5. Animals

    A tardigrade protein helped reduce radiation damage in mice

    Mouse cells tweaked to produce the tardigrade protein incurred less DNA damage than unaltered cells — hinting at a new tool for cancer patient care.

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  6. Agriculture

    How silicon turns tomato plants into mean, green, pest-killing machines

    Treated plants fight pests without the need for toxic pesticides, oozing a "larval toffee" that stunts tomato pinworms’ growth and attracts predators.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Avoidable deaths increased in the U.S. as they dropped elsewhere 

    In the United States, deaths that could have been avoided rose, on average, from 2009 to 2019. That’s in contrast to European Union countries.

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  8. Animals

    Plastic ‘fossils’ help scientists reconstruct the history of bird nests

    Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    An mRNA cancer vaccine may offer long-term protection 

    A vaccine kept patients free of pancreatic cancer for years, yet new reports say the NIH is advising against mentioning mRNA tech in grants.

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  10. Animals

    Hammerhead sharks’ diets may affect if they roam or stay home

    Understanding hammerhead sharks’ food preferences could aid efforts to protect the critically endangered fish.

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  11. Animals

    Gray seals may sense their own blood oxygen levels

    The seals’ ability to detect the amount of oxygen in their blood may help them make diving decisions and avoid drowning.

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  12. Neuroscience

    Babies can form memories, and they do it a lot like adults

    A brain scanning study of babies reveals how some of the earliest memories are made.

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