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- Space
The 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.
- Humans
The 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Microbes
Surprising rabies resistance
Amazon villagers survive deadly disease carried by vampire bats.
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Cool Jobs: Wild science
Kathy Young at Toronto’s York University studies how water moves within Earth’s environment, from the air to deep underground.
- Science & Society
Airports that speed germs’ spread
Scientists identify which U.S airports are able to spread disease most effectively.
- Health & Medicine
Bye-bye, egg allergy
Eating tiny amounts of eggs helps some children overcome their egg allergy.
