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  1. Earth

    A hurricane can dump a lot of rain . . .

    Hurricanes can drop enormous amounts of precipitation in a short amount of time, a phenomenon that residents of Puerto Rico experienced in spades when Hurricane Georges struck the island in 1998.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Health & Medicine

    Obesity and insulin resistance age cells

    Conditions known to hasten diabetes in people may also speed aging.

    By Christen Brownlee
  3. Plants

    World’s fastest plant explodes with pollen

    A high-speed camera has revealed the explosive pollen launches of bunchberry dogwood flowers as the fastest plant motion known.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Planetary Science

    Renegade moon

    Saturn's outlier moon Phoebe didn't coalesce from material near the ringed planet but was captured from the distant Kuiper belt.