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  1. Animals

    Scent of alarm identifies male bed bugs

    When mistaken for females, the guys release an alarming pheromone.

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  2. Life

    Birds’ eyes, not beaks, sense magnetic fields

    A new study pinpoints migratory songbirds’ magnetic compass in a specific brain region.

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  3. Space

    Gamma-ray observations shrink known grain size of spacetime

    A new study eliminates some theories of quantum gravity by finding that spacetime isn’t as lumpy as some models had proposed.

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  4. Life

    Three dino types may be just three dino ages

    Study suggests three dinos placed in separate taxa are actually from one group at different growth stages

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  5. Life

    Spiders love sweet smell of blood perfume

    For on spider species, feeding on blood-gorged mosquitoes adds charm to a mate

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Psychiatric meds can bring on rapid weight gain in kids

    Drugs that alleviate severe mental disorders can also result in troubling metabolic changes.

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  7. Earth

    Unicorn fly of the Cretaceous

    An ancient fly discovered trapped in amber sports a horn atop its head and topped with three eyes.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Redefining self, phantom self

    Amputees who feel phantom limbs can learn to do physically impossible body tricks

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Skin bacteria different in diabetic mice

    An excessive number and low diversity of skin bacteria could explain why wounds in diabetics are slow to heal

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  10. Earth

    World’s longest cave formation still growing

    Minerals still accumulate in New Mexico’s Snowy River.

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  11. Humans

    A gene critical for speech

    Scientists argue a newly discovered stretch of DNA essential for larynx development may have allowed the evolution of language.

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  12. Life

    Humpback whale alters song if another one sings along

    Acoustical study of male songs shows first evidence of the whales responding musically to each other.

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