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  1. Animals

    Turtles make sense after all

    The odd bodies of turtles add a wrinkle to standard land-dwelling vertebrates.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Space

    Pairing off in the early universe

    New simulations reveal that some of the first stars in the universe formed in pairs.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Health & Medicine

    Caloric restriction extends life in monkeys, study finds

    New study finds calorie restriction delays age-related diseases in monkeys. Another study reports that an immune-suppressing drug helps elderly mice live longer.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Anthropology

    Maize may have fueled ancient Andean civilization

    A chemical analysis of skeletons from Peru’s Andes Mountains suggests that cultivation of key crop made building a prehistoric civilization possible.