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- Microbes
Drug-resistant bacteria evolved on hedgehogs long before the use of antibiotics
A standoff between bacteria and antibiotic-producing fungi living on hedgehogs may have led to the rise of one type of MRSA some 200 years ago.
- Earth
Some volcanic hot spots may have a surprisingly shallow heat source
Mysterious hot spots of volcanic activity in the interior of tectonic plates just got a little stranger.
- Science & Society
Why do some people succeed when others fail? Outliers provide clues
A close look at outliers — people or communities that defy expectations — reveals what could be.
- Physics
Antiprotons show no hint of unexpected matter-antimatter differences
The ratio of electric charge to mass for protons mirrors that of their antimatter counterparts.
