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Worlds beyond the solar system
Planet hunters have found hundreds of exoplanets, but none just like Earth
Surprise ions
A high-flying satellite reveals a crowd of charged particles in the magnetosphere
Posted in Space
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Costs of missing sleep
Some fruit flies do fine without sleep, as long as they’ve got enough to eat
Posted in Animals
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Pythons overtake Everglades
In southern Florida, giant snakes change the ecosystem one meal at a time
Moon twinkles
Flashes of light on the moon’s surface come from cooling, superhot liquid
Posted in Space
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Killing a bacterial killer
A common, cheap element offers hope against deadly bacterial infections
Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae
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No frostbite for dogs
Blood vessels in dog paws keep their temperature just right
Lip-reading babies
Before they start talking, babbling babies ‘read’ mouths
Posted in Brain & Behavior
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Mapping the invisible
Astronomers don’t know what dark matter is, but they have mapped where it’s hiding
Posted in Space
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Fish eyes go green
Scientists find a surprise in the lens of a fish that lives in the dark
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