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  1. Science & Society

    Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in the 16th century

    A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries.

    By Lisa Grossman
  2. Animals

    These hornets may be the alcohol-detox champs of the animal world

    Vespa orientalis fed an 80-percent-ethanol brew still did hornet tasks and had normal life spans. This trick may be an adaptation to gut-dwelling yeast.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Animals

    Giant rats could soon help sniff out illegally smuggled goods

    African giant pouched rats can detect landmines and diseases. Now some have been trained to sense elephant ivory, pangolin scales and more.