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  1. Animals

    Hatch a Thief: Brains incline birds toward a life of crime

    When it comes to a bird family's propensity to pilfer, a larger than usual brain for a particular body size is more important than body size alone.

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  2. Humans

    A New Editor for Science News

    Science News welcomes a new Editor in Chief.

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  3. Anthropology

    Ancient Ailment? Early human may have carried tuberculosis

    A 500,000-year-old Homo erectus skull from Turkey may show telltale signs of tuberculosis, by far the earliest such evidence of the disease.

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  4. Cells’ innards may share origin

    Many of the internal structures of a cell may have evolved from an ancient, simpler compartment.