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  1. Space

    Using dead stars to spot gravitational waves

    Astronomers are proposing a novel way to detect gravitational waves using ultraprecise observations of already known stars.

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  2. Anthropology

    Hobbit foot, hippo skulls deepen ancestral mystery

    Hobbit fossils pose puzzling evolutionary questions for scientists in two new studies, one of hobbit foot bones and another of brain size in extinct pygmy hippos.

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  3. Physics

    Molecule turns red at breaking point

    Materials made with a color-changing molecule may offer a red signal when under stress.

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  4. Life

    Portuguese trove of trilobite fossils

    Fossils include largest known trilobite specimen and groups of the ancient arthropods caught in the act of molting and spawning.