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  1. Reflections of Primate Minds: Mirror images strike monkeys as special

    Capuchin monkeys don't react to their own mirror images as they do to strangers, perhaps reflecting an intermediate stage of being able to distinguish oneself from others.

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  2. Astronomy

    Crater Shake: Tremors erased asteroid’s topography

    Seismic shock waves from a large meteor impact on the asteroid Eros might have rearranged surface rubble, destroying crater structures over much of the asteroid.

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  3. Tech

    Tapping Tiny Pores: Nanovalves control chemical releases

    After creating arrays of nanovalves, each made from a single molecule, chemists used them to generate minuscule chemical discharges.

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  4. Earth

    Under Pressure: High-stress tests show surprising change in a mantle mineral’s behavior

    Compressing a common iron-bearing mineral to the pressures found deep within Earth makes the material much stiffer, which might explain why seismic waves travel particularly fast through some zones of rock.