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  1. Humans

    Napoleon’s retreating army may have been plagued by these microbes

    DNA from Napoleonic soldiers’ teeth uncovered two fever-causing bacteria that may have worsened the army’s fatal retreat from Russia.

    By Meghan Rosen
  2. Humans

    Brain cancer can dissolve parts of the skull

    Glioblastoma doesn't just affect the brain. It also erodes bones in the skull and changes the composition of immune cells in skull marrow.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Animals

    Subway mosquitoes evolved millennia ago in ancient Mediterranean cities

    A variety of subway-dwelling mosquito seems like a modern artifact. But genomic analysis reveals the insect got its evolutionary start millennia ago.

    By Jake Buehler
  4. Paleontology

    Dinosaurs were thriving before the asteroid hit, new analysis suggests

    New dating of New Mexico rocks suggest diverse dinosaurs thrived there just before the impact, countering the idea dinos were already on their way out.