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  1. Animals

    Ways to beat heat have hidden costs for birds

    Birds that look as if they’re coping with heat waves and climate change may actually be on a downward slide, with underappreciated disadvantages of panting and seeking shade.

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  2. Science & Society

    Historian traces rise of celebrity hominid fossils

    In Seven Skeletons, Lydia Pyne explores the cultural histories of the most iconic fossil figures in human evolution.

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  3. Oceans

    Lack of nutrients stalled rebound of marine life post-Permian extinction

    Warm sea surface temperatures slowed the nitrogen cycle in Earth’s oceans and delayed the recovery of life following the Permian extinction, researchers propose.

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  4. Genetics

    Darwin’s Dogs wants your dog’s DNA

    The Darwin’s Dogs citizen science project is collecting canine DNA to better understand dog genetics and behavior.

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  5. Animals

    Bird nest riddle: Which shape came first?

    Today’s simple cup-shaped songbird nests look as if they just had to have evolved before roofed nests. But that could be backward.

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  6. Neuroscience

    Fentanyl’s death toll is rising

    The ability of fentanyl, an opioid, to freeze chest muscles within minutes may be to blame for some overdoses, a new autopsy study shows.

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  7. Neuroscience

    Eating shuts down nerve cells that counter obesity

    A group of nerve cells shut down when food hits the lips, a study of mice finds.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Zika kills brain cells in adult mice

    Zika virus may harm more than babies: The virus can infect and kill brain cells in adult mice, too.

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  9. Archaeology

    How to get Ötzi’s look

    DNA from Ötzi the Iceman’s clothes and quiver traced to both domesticated and wild animals.

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  10. Physics

    Flaming fuel on water creates ‘blue whirl’ that burns clean

    Scientists found a way to burn fuel on water that leaves little soot behind.

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  11. Earth

    Americas’ hookup not so ancient after all

    Debate lingers over when the Isthmus of Panama formed and closed the seaway that separated North and South America millions of years ago.

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  12. Genetics

    Genetic diversity data offers medical benefits

    Study of protein-producing DNA narrows down disease-causing genetic variants.

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