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  1. Environment

    Invasive jumping worms damage U.S. soil and threaten forests

    Also known as snake worms, these writhing wrigglers turn forest leaf litter into bare ground, changing soil composition and ecosystems as they go.

    By Megan Sever
  2. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, an experimental drug hinted at serotonin’s many roles in the brain

     Excerpt from the October 3, 1970 issue of Science News

    By Lisa Grossman
  3. Space

    A ‘lake’ on Mars may be surrounded by more pools of water

    Radar data hint at patches of liquid water beneath Martian polar ice, but some urge caution in interpreting results.

    By Christopher Crockett
  4. Science & Society

    ‘Schrödinger’s Web’ offers a sneak peek at the quantum internet

    For an entertaining overview of the physics and technological advances paving the way for the quantum internet, read ‘Schrödinger’s Web.’