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  1. Neuroscience

    Some healthy fish have bacteria in their brains

    Animals including mammals usually protect their brains from infiltrating microbes that can cause disease. But some fish seem to do just fine.

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  2. Life

    Mega El Niños kicked off the world’s worst mass extinction

    Long-lasting, widespread heat and weather extremes may have caused the Great Dying extinction event 252 million years ago.

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  3. Animals

    Bumblebees lose most of their sense of smell after heat waves

    A few hours in high temps reduced the ability of antennae to detect flower scents by 80 percent. That could impact the bees’ ability to find food.

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  4. Animals

    Scientists piece together clues in a shark ‘murder mystery’

    A missing porbeagle shark was likely killed by a great white. It’s the first known case of adult porbeagles being hunted by a predator, scientists say.

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  5. Animals

    Here’s how an arthropod pulls off the world’s fastest backflip

    While airborne, globular springtails can reach a spin rate of 368 rotations per second, high-speed camera footage shows.

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  6. Animals

    In a first, these bats were found to have toes that glow

    Hairs on the toes of Mexican free-tailed bats fluoresce under UV light, a new study reports. The function of the toe glow is unknown.

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  7. Life

    Remote seamounts in the southeast Pacific may be home to 20 new species

    A recent expedition to the intersection of two undersea mountain chains has revealed a new seamount and a rich world of deep-sea biodiversity.

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  8. Oceans

    National Geographic’s ‘OceanXplorers’ dives into the ocean’s mysteries

    National Geographic’s documentary series ‘OceanXplorers,’ produced by James Cameron, invites you aboard one of the most advanced research vessels in the world.

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  9. Animals

    This spider makes its home in the burrows of extinct giant ground sloths

    Caves made by extinct giant ground sloths make the perfect home for a newly discovered type of long-spinneret ground spider from Brazil.

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