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  1. Materials Science

    Squid beaks are hardly soft

    Water softens squid beaks toward their base, so they don't cut into the squid's own soft tissue.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  2. Earth

    Tibetan Plateau history gets a lift

    The Tibetan Plateau formed when the Indian and Eurasian plates collided, but scientists may have had the order of events wrong.

    By Amy Maxmen
  3. Health & Medicine

    New drug curbs rheumatoid arthritis in adults, children

    The experimental drug tocilizumab quells rheumatoid arthritis in adults and children by inhibiting an inflammatory compound called interleukin-6.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Microbes weigh in on obesity

    The kinds of microbes living in an infant's gut may influence weight gain later in childhood.