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  1. Anthropology

    Chimps spread out their tools

    Chimpanzees use stones to crack nuts in an African region far from where that behavior was thought to be relegated.

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  2. Earth

    Mercury Rising: Natural wildfires release pollutant

    Fires in high-latitude forests and peaty soils of the Northern Hemisphere may loft hundreds of tons of mercury into the atmosphere each year.

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  3. Pathogen Preference: Infected amoebas flourish in cooling towers

    Cooling towers appear to be more effective than natural waters at fostering novel bacterial species that cause illnesses in people.

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  4. Chemistry

    Lacy molecular order

    A lacy honeycomb arrangement of molecules on copper suggests the possibility of creating useful nanoscale patterns on surfaces by fine-tuning intermolecular forces.