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The Milky Way makes little galaxies bloom, then snuffs them out

Nov 05 2020 6:00 AM

When dwarf galaxies cross the Milky Way's frontier, our galaxy compresses their gas, sparking star birth, but then robs them of their star-making gas.

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Female big-game hunters may have been surprisingly common in the ancient Americas

Nov 04 2020 2:00 PM

A Peruvian burial that indicates that women speared large prey as early as 9,000 years ago sheds new light on gender roles of ancient hunter-gatherers.

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Why South America's ancient mammals may have lost out to northern counterparts

Nov 04 2020 8:00 AM

When North and South America joined millions of years ago, mammals from the north fared better in the meetup. Extinctions in the south may be why.

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A surprisingly tiny ancient sea monster lurked in shallow waters

Nov 04 2020 6:00 AM

Scientists have found a new species of marine reptiles called nothosaurs from around 240 million years ago.

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A fish's fins may be as sensitive to touch as fingertips

Nov 03 2020 6:00 PM

Newfound parallels between fins and fingers suggest that touch-sensing limbs evolved early, setting the stage for a shared way to sense surroundings.

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'Phallacy' deflates myths about the penises of the animal kingdom

Nov 03 2020 8:00 AM

By touring nature's many penises, Phallacy author Emily Willingham puts the human organ in its place.

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COVID-19's death rate in the U.S. could spike as new cases soar
Nov 03 2020 6:00 AM

Effective treatments are one possible reason the mortality rate from COVID-19 fell over the summer. Rising cases could reverse the trend.

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How COVID-19 may trigger dangerous blood clots
Nov 02 2020 6:05 PM

Clots may stem from net-casting immune cells that, instead of fighting a coronavirus infection, capture red blood cells and platelets.

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Jupiter may host atmospheric 'sprites' or 'elves' never seen beyond Earth
Nov 02 2020 8:00 AM

For the first time, NASA's Juno spacecraft may have spied the bright, superfast light show on another world.

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'Deaths of despair' are rising. It's time to define despair
Nov 02 2020 6:00 AM

A sense of defeat, not mental ailments, may be derailing the lives of less-educated people in the United States.

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How frigid lizards falling from trees revealed the reptiles' growing cold tolerance
Oct 30 2020 11:00 AM

Some Florida lizards' ability to handle temperatures down to 5.5° C may provide clues to how they might deal with the extremes of climate change.

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How two immune system chemicals may trigger COVID-19's deadly cytokine storms
Oct 30 2020 10:44 AM

A study in mice hints at drugs that could be helpful in treating severe coronavirus infections.

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These human nerve cell tendrils turned to glass nearly 2,000 years ago
Oct 30 2020 6:00 AM

Part of a young man's brain was preserved in A.D. 79 by hot ash from Mount Vesuvius' eruption.

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The first Denisovan DNA outside Siberia unveils a long stint on the roof of the world
Oct 29 2020 2:03 PM

Genetic evidence puts Denisovans, humankind's now-extinct cousins, on the Tibetan Plateau from 100,000 to at least 60,000 years ago.

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Ogre-faced spiders catch insects out of the air using sound instead of sight
Oct 29 2020 11:00 AM

A new study finds that ogre-faced spiders can hear a surprisingly wide range of sounds.

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How octopuses 'taste' things by touching
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Octopus arms are dotted with cells that can "taste" by touch, which might enable arms to explore the seafloor without input from the brain.

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