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  1. Brain

    Neuroscientists decoded a song from brain activity

    The technique could help improve communication devices for people who are unable to speak.

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  2. Animals

    This massive ancient whale may be the heaviest animal ever known

    Called Perucetus colossus, it may have tipped the scales at up to 340 metric tons — more than today’s blue whales.

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  3. Animals

    This egg-eater may have the biggest gulp of any snake its size

    Slither aside, Burmese pythons. This little African snake has a truly outsized swallow.

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  4. Brain

    A rat’s playfulness relies on cells in one part of its brain

    Certain cells here control its behavior. Studying this circuitry could also help us understand depression in people.

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  5. Animals

    A new technique creates glowing whole-body maps of mice

    Removing cholesterol from mouse bodies lets fluorescent proteins seep into every tissue. That has helped researchers map entire body parts.

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  6. Agriculture

    Crops are being engineered to thrive in our changing climate

    Plants are already the best carbon catchers on Earth. New research could make them even better.

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  7. Animals

    Toothed whales use their noses to whistle and click

    Much as people do, toothed whales, such as dolphins and sperm whales, make noises in three different vocal registers.

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  8. Agriculture

    Cow dung spews a climate-warming gas. Adding algae could limit that

    But how useful this is depends on whether cows eat the red algae, a type of seaweed — or it gets added to their wastes after they’re pooped out.

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  9. Fossils

    New fossils bring the wide world of pterosaurs to life

    The latest clues from fossils hint at where these flying reptiles came from, how they evolved, what they ate and more.

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