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  1. Animals

    Science has finally cracked male riflebirds’ flirty secrets

    New video upsets the old notion that these birds of paradise use wing clapping to make percussive sounds while courting.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Agriculture

    Megafire smoke may dampen California’s nut harvests

    The summer after wildfire smoke blocked sunlight for long stretches, harvests at some almond tree orchards in California’s Central Valley dropped.

    By Sophie Hartley

  3. Taking the temperature of democracy

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the science of studying democracies.

    By Nancy Shute

  4. Readers are curious about dark matter, plastics’ effects on pollination and Percy’s selfies

    By Science News Staff
  5. Science & Society

    The ‘Does It Fly?’ podcast separates fact from science fiction

    The podcast ‘Does It Fly?’ asks whether the technology of Star Trek, Doctor Who and other popular sci-fi shows could really work.