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  1. Animals

    Back off, extinct moa

    A New Zealand tree’s peculiar leaves may have served as defenses against long-gone giant birds.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Life

    Tasmanian devils have no star networkers

    Tasmanian devils all know each other, a new study shows. The discovery could mean that stopping the spread of an infectious cancer will be harder than previously thought.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Health & Medicine

    Docs writing fewer scripts

    The number of antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infections has declined since the mid-1990s, a new study shows.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Astronomy

    Comet dust harbors life’s building blocks

    Samples collected from a comet’s halo suggest comets could have carried amino acids to the early Earth

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  5. Health & Medicine

    Better BBQ through chemistry

    Food chemists reveal their secrets to juicier, tastier barbecue.