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  1. Astronomy

    Hot, rocky exoplanets are the scorched cores of former gas giants

    Hot, rocky exoplanets are probably the scorched cores of former gas giants, so astronomers shouldn’t trust them for information about true Earth twins.

    By Lisa Grossman
  2. Science & Society

    Trauma surgeon studies gun violence stats — and was one

    Joseph Sakran is trying to help counter the U.S. epidemic of gun violence with data.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  3. Life

    Hybrids reveal the barriers to successful mating between species

    Scientists don’t understand the process of speciation, but hybrids can reveal the genes that keep species apart.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Animals

    Scary as they are, few vampires have a backbone

    Researchers speculate on why there are so few vampires among vertebrates.