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  1. Animals

    Ants changed the architecture of their nests when exposed to a pathogen

    Black garden ants made tweaks to entrances, tunnels and chambers that may help prevent diseases from spreading.

    By Richard Kemeny
  2. Anthropology

    Fossils of an extinct animal may have inspired this cave art drawing

    Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Neuroscience

    Some healthy fish have bacteria in their brains

    Animals including mammals usually protect their brains from infiltrating microbes that can cause disease. But some fish seem to do just fine.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  4. Space

    Meet Porphyrion, the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen

    The two plasma fountains, spanning 23 million light-years, could shape cosmic structures far beyond their home galaxy.