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Earth
For coots, hatching order is crucial ID
When birds sneak eggs into others' nest, mom and dad can learn to find their own.
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Health & Medicine
Mom and Dad not equally to blame for some bad genes
Common genetic variants may have different effects on disease depending which parent passes along the trait.
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Space
Super-Earth found close by, may host water
Astronomers say this discovery and others suggest that finding habitable planets is 'only a matter of time.'
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Life
Virus makes plants lie to insects
Infected squash plants smell delicious but taste terrible – perfect combination for tricking aphids into spreading disease
By Susan Milius -
Earth
Irrigation draining California groundwater at ‘unsustainable’ pace
The GRACE satellites have tracked water movement from the Central Valley since 2003.
By Sid Perkins -
Humans
Stereotypes steer women away from computer science
Surveys, tests of college students shows how surroundings can 'communicate a sense of belonging' or 'exclusion.'
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Health & Medicine
Nearsightedness increasing in the United States
A new study suggests that myopia has increased by more than 60 percent since the 1970s.
By Nathan Seppa -
Health & Medicine
New material could support stem cell development
A ’smart’ gel could help coax stem cells to develop into heart cells.
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Life
Dinosaurs broiled, not grilled
Debris from K-T impact could have been heat source and heat shield.
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Paleontology
New fossil helps solidify dino origins
The dog-sized creature bolsters the notion that early dinosaurs first appeared in what is now South America.
By Sid Perkins -
Earth
Earth’s atmosphere may be extraterrestrial in origin
Analyses of krypton, xenon hint that air didn’t fizz from within the planet.
By Sid Perkins