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  1. Climate

    As wildfires worsen, science can help communities avoid destruction

    Blazes sparked in wild lands are devastating communities worldwide. The only way to protect them, researchers say, is to re-engineer them.

    By Nikk Ogasa
  2. Paleontology

    These ancient bumblebees were found with their pollen source

    Insects have long pollinated plants, but evidence of ancient pairing is rare. Fossils now show bees and linden trees goes back 24 million years.

    By Taylor Mitchell Brown
  3. Archaeology

    Fossil hand bones point to tool use outside the Homo lineage

    The fossil wrist and thumb bones suggest Paranthropus boisei could grasp tools around 1.5 million years ago.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Life

    We all have a (very tiny) glow of light, no movie magic needed

    Normal cellular processes in living things — from germinating plants to our own cells — create biophotons, though escaping light isn’t visible to us.