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Planetary Science

What does Mars’ lake mean for the search for life on the Red Planet?

A lake spotted hiding under Martian ice could support life, but finding out if anything lives there could be challenging.

Animals

Got an environmental problem? Beavers could be the solution

A new book shows how important beavers have been in the past — and how they could improve the landscape of the future.

Science & Society

People are bad at spotting fake news. Can computer programs do better?

Fake news–finding algorithms could someday make up the front lines of online fact checking.

Particle Physics

A new quasiparticle lurks in semiconductors

Strange entities called collexons hint at undiscovered physics among interacting subatomic particles in a semiconductor.