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Animals

A caterpillar outwits corn defenses by gorging on fattening ‘junk’ food

The crop plants defend themselves with zombie-maker wasps, but one pest has a desperate work-around.

Psychology

Gun owner or not, Americans agree on many ways to limit gun violence

A new survey suggests that gun owners support many potential gun-control policies — now research on their efficacy needs to catch up.

Planetary Science

Satellite smashups could have given birth to Saturn’s odd moons

Nearly head-on collisions between icy moonlets might be responsible for the peculiar shapes of some of Saturn’s moons, computer simulations suggest.

Astronomy

Maverick asteroid might be an immigrant from outside the solar system

A space rock’s backward orbit could be a hint of unusual origins.