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  1. Chemistry

    Deep-sea battery comes to light

    Microbes fuel a weak electrical current at hydrothermal vents.

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  2. Earth

    Weather affects timing of some natural hazards

    Seasonal patterns in earthquakes and volcanic eruptions can be linked to rain and snow in certain locations.

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  3. Humans

    Tools of a kind

    People in southern Arabia around 100,000 years ago made tools like those of East Africans.

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  4. Life

    Mere fear shrinks bird families

    Just hearing recordings of predators, in the absence of any real danger, caused sparrows to raise fewer babies.

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  5. Life

    He’s no rat, he’s my brother

    Rodents exhibit empathy by setting trapped friends free.