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  1. Health & Medicine

    Seeing sick faces may prime the immune system to repel invaders

    Seeing sick-looking faces in virtual reality triggers brain circuit changes related to threat detection and boosts activity of certain immune cells.

    By Simon Makin
  2. Animals

    Some killer whales hunt in pairs to maximize their bounty

    Drone footage from Norway shows killer whales using a highly coordinated and cooperative hunting technique to catch herring.

    By Kristel Tjandra
  3. Archaeology

    Maggots may have been on the Neandertal menu

    Maggots on rotting meat may have given Neandertals’ a fatty, nitrogen-rich boost, a study of their bones suggests.

    By Sofia Caetano Avritzer
  4. Animals

    This desert beetle runs to cool off

    After a sprint, the temperature of the beetle Onymacris plana drops.