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  1. Health & Medicine

    Snakes swirl in blink (and jump) of an eye

    The Rotating Snakes optical illusion is preceded by blinking and tiny ocular movements, a new study shows.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Life

    Larvae sustain comb jelly population

    Species thrives in Baltic Sea despite never reaching adulthood.

    By Rebecca Cheung
  3. Space

    Earth took a multibillion-year beating

    Asteroids pummeled the planet for billions of years as the Late Heavy Bombardment tapered off, new estimates suggest.

    By Nadia Drake
  4. Health & Medicine

    Pinpointing the G-spot, or not

    A gynecologist claims to have anatomical evidence of a center of female sexual pleasure, but noted sex researchers are skeptical.