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Animals

Hairy crab lounges deep in the Pacific

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has the body of a crab, but with long, fluffy, blonde hair covering its legs.

Astronomy

Comet Sampler: Fire meets ice

The first study of comet dust brought to Earth by a spacecraft has revealed several minerals that could have formed only at the fiery temperatures close to the sun or another star.

Physics

Tipsy Superfluids: Glimpsing off-kilter quantum clouds

A new type of superfluid atom cloud that's been thrown off-balance by having more atoms with their quantum spins pointing up than down, or vice versa, seems to defy theoretical expectations.