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  1. Animals

    Even a tiny oil spill spells bad news for birds

    Just a small amount of crude can make birds less active.

    By Laurel Hamers
  2. Materials Science

    This material does weird things under pressure

    A new metamaterial has a seemingly impossible property: It swells when squeezed.

    By Maria Temming
  3. Earth

    Watch NASA’s mesmerizing new visualization of the 2017 hurricane season

    Swirls of sand, sea salt and smoke make atmospheric currents visible in a new NASA visualization.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  4. Science & Society

    A new map exhibit documents evolving views of Earth’s interior

    "Beneath Our Feet" puts maps on display to show how people have envisioned and explored Earth’s subsurface.