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  1. Humans

    DNA highlights Native American die-off

    A genetic analysis points to widespread New World deaths after Europeans arrived.

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  2. Humans

    Saving the Last Supper

    Tourists and cosmetics seem to be threatening da Vinci’s masterpiece.

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  3. Earth

    Arctic has taken a turn for the warmer

    Northern climate has changed substantially in the last five years, and the shift is probably permanent.

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  4. Humans

    Neandertals’ mammoth building project

    Stone Age people’s evolutionary cousins may have constructed earliest bone structures.

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  5. Earth

    Polar ice sheets are synchronized swimmers

    Glaciers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres advance and retreat together.