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  1. Plants

    This flower smells like injured ants — and flies can’t resist it

    A type of Japanese dogbane releases a scent identical to wounded ants’ distress signal, drawing in scavenging flies that unwittingly pollinate it.

    By Rohini Subrahmanyam
  2. Astronomy

    Some planets might home brew their own water

    Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.

    By Javier Barbuzano
  3. Space

    Black holes are encircled by thin rings of light. This physicist wants to see one

    Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.