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  1. Archaeology

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    Readers ask questions about a study on sweeteners, how scientists recognize primitive tools and the purpose of a dinosaur's sail.

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  2. Animals

    How an octopus keeps itself out of a tangle

    The suckers on an octopus stick to just about anything, except the octopus itself. Scientists think they’ve figured out why.

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  3. Life

    Vitamin A deficit in the womb hurts immune development

    Mice deprived of vitamin A in utero grow up with undersized immune organs.

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  4. Science & Society

    Spiny media battle highlights importance of scientific credit

    Media coverage of research on invasive lionfish tolerating brackish water brought up issues of attribution and recognition in science.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    New tests screen for lethal prion disease

    Urine and nasal swabs can detect small amounts of the abnormal prions that cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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  6. Oceans

    Unknowns linger for sea mining

    Scientists struggle to predict underwater digs’ effects on sea life.

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  7. Paleontology

    Fossils suggest ancient sharks survived extinction event

    Diving down deep in the ocean may have helped the fish live through the Great Dying 350 million years ago.

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  8. Animals

    In dark fishing spiders, males’ postmating nap is permanent

    Species prepares for two pairings but goes into a fatal coma after a single encounter.

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  9. Animals

    ‘World’s ugliest animal’ contest took a blobfish out of water

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  10. Animals

    The bottom feeding behavior of humpback whales

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  11. Life

    Some animals eat their moms, and other cannibalism facts

    A new book surveys those who eat their own kind, revealing some surprises about who’s eating whom.

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  12. Life

    Primitive fish could nod but not shake its head

    Ancient fossils reveal surprises about early vertebrate necks, abdominal muscles.

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