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PhysicsCrime-solving camera
Criminals can’t hide their crimes with paint anymore, thanks to a lighting trick and an ordinary camera.
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SpaceThe first moon walker
Forty-five years ago, an American astronaut climbed down the ladder of his lunar landing module — the Eagle — and became the first human to touch the moon’s surface.
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HumansThe origins of mummies
Scientists speculate on why ancient South Americans started preserving their dead.
- Animals
Monkeys’ mistake detector
Specific brain cells in macaques respond to fellow animal’s error.
By Roberta Kwok - Climate
Hot summer for a cold island
A rare heat wave rolled over Greenland in July, thawing its ice and snow.
- Fossils
New Jurassic flier
Amazingly well-preserved fossil depicts a novel flying reptile from the age of dinosaurs.
By Janet Raloff - Animals
Python-palooza!
Monster-sized Burmese python bearing record-number of eggs retrieved in the Florida Everglades.
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- Genetics
DNA hints at ancient cousins
Scientists find evidence of an extinct humanlike species within modern-day Africans.
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MicrobesSurprising rabies resistance
Amazon villagers survive deadly disease carried by vampire bats.