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  1. Animals

    How aphids sacrifice themselves to fix their homes with fatty goo

    Young aphids swollen with fatty substances save their colony by self-sacrifice, using that goo to patch breaches in the wall of their tree home.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Why war’s emotional wounds run deeper for some kids and not others

    Researchers examine why war’s emotional wounds run deep in some youngsters, not others.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Planetary Science

    Pictures confirm Hayabusa2 made a crater in asteroid Ryugu

    Hayabusa2’s crater-blasting success, confirmed by an image beamed back from the spacecraft, paves the way to grab subsurface asteroid dust.

    By Lisa Grossman
  4. Math

    A mathematician traces his journey from poverty to prominence

    In 'The Shape of Life,' Shing-Tung Yau describes his groundbreaking work in geometry, which provided insights into string theory.