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  1. Paleontology

    A fossil reveals early relatives of spiders — armed with claws

    A Utah fossil shows early relatives of spiders and scorpions already had distinctive front claws 500 million years ago.

    By Tom Metcalfe
  2. Quantum Physics

    Just 10,000 quantum bits might crack internet encryption schemes

    Quantum computers based on atoms could provide access to encrypted data much sooner than scientists thought.

    By Emily Conover
  3. Science & Society

    Pronatalists want more babies. Their solutions aren’t rooted in science

    Conservative pronatalists want a return to the traditional nuclear family. But that family structure is at odds with how humans evolved.

    By Sujata Gupta
  4. Planetary Science

    A comet may have flipped its spin and entered into a death spiral

    Gases jetting out of Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák may have caused it to reverse its spin in 2017, possibly leading to its eventual destruction.