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  1. Life

    When feminine beauty thrives on competition

    Gorgeous plumage for both starling sexes comes from rivalry in co-op nests

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  2. Anthropology

    Ancient Maya king shows his foreign roots

    Copán’s first king may have been part of a colonial expansion by another, distant Maya kingdom.

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  3. Earth

    The big spill: Flood could have filled Mediterranean in less than two years

    Discovery of a distinctive channel and new calculations of possible water movement suggest a fast and furious flow formed the sea.

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  4. Humans

    Another livestock drug endangers vultures

    After one veterinary NSAID almost wiped out vultures in South Asia, one of the possible replacements turns out to be toxic too.