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  1. Paleontology

    Here’s how hefty dinosaurs sat on their eggs without crushing them

    Some heavier dinos had a strategy to keep eggs warm without crushing them: sit in an opening in the middle of the clutch instead of on top of them.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  2. Animals

    With a little convincing, rats can detect tuberculosis

    TB-sniffing rats prove more accurate in detecting infection, especially in children, than the most commonly used diagnostic tool.

    By Yao-Hua Law
  3. Neuroscience

    RNA injected from one sea slug into another may transfer memories

    Long-term memories might be encoded in RNA, a controversial study in sea slugs suggests.

    By Laurel Hamers
  4. Planetary Science

    Another hint of Europa’s watery plumes found in 20-year-old Galileo data

    A fresh look at old data suggests that NASA’s Galileo spacecraft may have seen a plume from Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in 1997.