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  1. Animals

    Crabs’ sideways walk may have evolved just once

    A study of 50 crab species in Japan traces the iconic sideways walk to a single ancestor, suggesting the trait drove the group's remarkable diversity.

    By Sierra Bouchér
  2. Science & Society

    Our understanding of Charles Darwin continues to evolve

    Historian Janet Browne’s Darwin: A Biography lifts the curtain on the private life of Charles Darwin, one of science’s most controversial pioneers.

    By Aaron Tremper
  3. Microbes

    A Greenland explorer will eat only decaying seal for a month

    British chef Mike Keen will ski across Greenland eating only fermented seal. Researchers will study how the Inuit diet shapes gut health.