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  1. Earth

    How hot can Earth get? Our planet’s climate history holds clues

    Earth has survived huge temperature swings over eons of climate change. Humans might not be so lucky.

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  2. Animals

    A newly discovered cell helps pythons poop out the bones of their prey

    The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in other animals that chomp their meals whole.

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  3. Paleontology

    How an ancient marine predator snuck up on its prey

    Serrations at the edges of a fossilized flipper of the ancient marine reptile Temnodontosaurus suggests it may have been able to swim silently.