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  1. Archaeology

    The oldest known plague outbreak struck hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago

    Plague DNA in ancient graves near Siberia's Lake Baikal suggests the disease threatened people long before farming and crowded settlements.

    By Tom Metcalfe
  2. Science & Society

    How real is the Cyclops in The Odyssey?

    The iconic one-eyed monster coming to movie screens in July in The Odyssey might have more in common with tiny water critters than with humans.

    By Lily Burton
  3. Plants

    Chinese money plant leaves hide a mathematical pattern

    Tiny water-secreting pores appear to organize the major veins of the plant leaves into an arrangement known as a Voronoi diagram.

    By Alex Music
  4. Health & Medicine

    A blood test for dementia may tell you if you have more than one type

    AI helped researchers develop an experimental blood test that might let doctors diagnose overlapping dementias.