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LifeStaggered lessons may work better
Training at irregular intervals improves learning in sea snails.
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SpaceSaturn moons spied from the side
Cassini captures Titan and Dione against the sixth planet’s rings.
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PaleontologyEarly animals dethroned
Cell division patterns in controversial Chinese fossils place them outside the animal kingdom.
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EcosystemsGroundwater dropping globally
Nine-year record collected from orbit finds supply dropping mostly due to agriculture.
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LifePigeons rival primates in number task
Trained on one-two-three, the birds can apply the rule of numerical order to such lofty figures as five and nine.