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  1. Tech

    A new robot decides how and when to transform to get the job done

    A bot made of smaller robotic pieces autonomously changes its shape to trundle across flat ground, squeeze into tight spaces or climb stairs.

    By Maria Temming
  2. Health & Medicine

    The appendix is implicated in Parkinson’s disease

    Removal of the appendix reduced the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, an analysis of nearly 1.7 million health records in Sweden suggests.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  3. Animals

    How roaches fight off wasps that turn their victims into zombies

    Cockroaches kick attacking emerald jewel wasps to avoid being incapacitated and buried alive as living meat for the wasps’ young.