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Science Watch: Wild cockatoos figure out how to operate water fountains Ellsworth Toohey

Weird How military jargon infected your workplace with endless stupid phrases Popkin

Tiny EMTs: mice innately try to revive passed out pals Gail Sherman

science fiction Dyson Trees could make a home for humans—and other things Rob Beschizza

animals These bizarre animals can fuse together into a single life form Allan Rose Hill

biology We may have already killed life on Mars Thom Dunn

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