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  1. Earth

    New mapping shows just how much fishing impacts the world’s seas

    Industrial fishing now occurs across 55 percent of the world’s ocean area while only 34 percent of Earth’s land area is used for agriculture or grazing.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  2. Health & Medicine

    Global Virome Project is hunting for more than 1 million unknown viruses

    Scientists are searching for viruses lurking in animals that could threaten human health.

    By Laurel Hamers
  3. Archaeology

    Cave art suggests Neandertals were ancient humans’ mental equals

    Ancient humans’ close relatives also created rock art and shell ornaments, studies assert.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Genetics

    The last wild horses aren’t truly wild

    The ancestor of today’s domesticated horses remains a mystery after a new analysis of ancient horse DNA.