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  1. Archaeology

    Here’s how ancient Amazonians became master maize farmers

    Casarabe people grew the nutritious crop year-round on savannas thanks to networks of drainage canals and ponds.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Space

    Life’s ingredients have been found in samples from asteroid Bennu

    Samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the asteroid Bennu had organic molecules and minerals and possibly salty water and other life ingredients.

    By Adam Mann
  3. Health & Medicine

    Can you actually die of a broken heart?

    Death by heartbreak doesn't just happen in stories. In real life, severe stress can cause the sometimes-fatal takotsubo syndrome.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  4. Life

    This drawing is the oldest known sketch of an insect brain

    Found in a roughly 350-year-old manuscript by Dutch biologist Johannes Swammerdam, the scientific illustration shows the brain of a honeybee drone.