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  1. Animals

    Frog-hunting bats have ‘cocktail party effect’ workaround

    Test with robotic frogs finds bats that hunt amphibians switch their attention to other clues if outside noise masks the mating chorus.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Life

    Rattlesnakes have reduced their repertoire of venoms

    The most recent common ancestor of today’s rattlesnakes had a huge set of toxin-producing genes. Modern rattlesnake species have independently ditched some of these genes.

    By Laurel Hamers
  3. Archaeology

    Oldest indigo-dyed fabric found

    South American society was first known to use complex dye process on fabrics.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Life

    Color vision strategy defies textbook picture

    Cone cells in the retina see in black and white and color.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Planetary Science

    Source of Charon’s red north pole is probably Pluto

    The dark red pole on Charon, the largest moon of Pluto, is probably gas that escaped from Pluto and was then transformed by sunlight.

    By Christopher Crockett
  6. Astronomy

    Gaia mission’s Milky Way map pinpoints locations of billion-plus stars

    New map of the galaxy provides unprecedented positions of over 1 billion stars and promises of a detailed 3-D atlas to come.

    By Christopher Crockett
  7. Animals

    Sandboxes keep chicken parasites at bay

    Fluffing feathers in sand and dust prevents severe mite infections in cage-free hens.

    By Amy McDermott
  8. Science & Society

    See where Clinton and Trump stand on science

    Science News looks at where presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on seven key science issues, from genetic engineering to space exploration.

    By Science News Staff
  9. Planetary Science

    Moon rocks may have misled asteroid bombardment dating

    Discrepancies in moon rock dating muddy Late Heavy Bombardment debate.

    By Laurel Hamers
  10. Paleontology

    Pterosaurs weren’t all super-sized in the Late Cretaceous

    A 77-million-year-old flying reptile may be the smallest pterosaur of the Late Cretaceous.

    By Meghan Rosen
  11. Planetary Science

    Rock star Freddie Mercury now has his own space rock

    Queen front man Freddie Mercury is the latest in a long list of celebrities to have an asteroid named after him.

    By Christopher Crockett
  12. Animals

    Tiny structures give a peacock spider its radiant rump

    Peacock spiders use pigments and complex nanostructures to achieve bright dance costumes.

    By Helen Thompson
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