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  1. Physics

    Meet me at 79°50′ N, 56° W

    Violations of Newtonian physics could explain away dark matter.

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  2. Paleontology

    Birds’ ancestors had small genomes too

    Among mammals, reptiles, and related animals, today's birds have the smallest genomes, and the dinosaurs that gave rise to birds had small genomes as well.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Radar probes frozen water at Martian pole

    If all the frozen water stored near the south pole of Mars suddenly melted, it would make a planetwide ocean 11 meters deep.

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  4. Math

    Big prize for unlikely research

    A New York University mathematician has won one of the highest prizes in mathematics for figuring out the likelihood of unlikely events.