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  1. Astronomy

    If the past is a guide, Hubble’s new trouble won’t doom the space telescope

    Hubble is in safe mode, but astronomers are optimistic that the observatory will keep working.

    By Lisa Grossman
  2. Animals

    What bees did during the Great American Eclipse

    A rare study of bees during a total solar eclipse finds that the insects buzzed around as usual — until totality.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Plants

    50 years ago, a 550-year-old seed sprouted

    Old seeds can sprout new plants even after centuries of dormancy.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Earth

    These light-loving bacteria may survive surprisingly deep underground

    Traces of cyanobacteria DNA suggest that the microbes live deep below Earth’s surface.