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This flying robot could reveal secrets of the aerial world of insects

A new winged robot with the exceptional agility of a fruit fly could lend insight into animal flight.

Neuroscience

Brain features may reveal if placebo pills could treat chronic pain

Researchers narrow in on how to identify people who find placebos effective for treating persistent pain.

Earth

Sea level rise doesn’t necessarily spell doom for coastal wetlands

Wetlands can survive and even thrive despite rising sea levels — if humans give them room to grow.

Anthropology

Butchered bird bones put humans in Madagascar 10,500 years ago

Humans reached the island near Africa 6,000 years earlier than thought, raising questions about how its megafauna went extinct.