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Chemistry

The memory of a material

A popular polymer can remember what shape it was in.

Animals

Half rooster, half hen

Study of special chickens suggests new thinking on hormones and gender.

Environment

When frog gender flips

With weed killer in the water, some males acquire female traits.

Earth

Earthquake shortens the day

The recent South American quake sent Earth spinning just a big faster.

Health & Medicine

What the appendix is good for

Some body parts seem pointless but in fact have purpose.

Chemistry

Heaviest named element is official

Superheavy copernicium takes its place in the Periodic Table.

Humans

Writing on eggshells

Etchings on artifacts suggest that really ancient people used symbols.

Animals

Whales may round up squid for dinner

Tracking sperm whale movements suggests groups herd to hunt.

Tech

Charged cars that would charge

Electric vehicles could give power to the grid.

Health & Medicine

Making light of sleep

Teens are prone to sleep problems, but a little sunshine could help.

Fossils

Message in a dinosaur’s teeth

Giant dino that was T. rex rival may have spent most of its time in the water.

Physics

The hottest soup in New York

A quark-gluon plasma reaches the highest temperature ever measured in a lab.