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NEWS A massive crater hides beneath Greenland’s ice Nov 14 2018 2:00 PM The discovery of a vast crater in Greenland suggests that a 1-kilometer-wide asteroid hit the Earth between 2.6 million and 11,700 years ago. READ MORE

NEWS Skull damage suggests Neandertals led no more violent lives than humans Nov 14 2018 1:00 PM Neandertals’ skulls suggest they didn’t lead especially injury-prone lives. READ MORE

NEWS Sound-absorbent wings and fur help some moths evade bats Nov 14 2018 6:00 AM Tiny ultrathin scales on some moth wings absorb sound waves sent out by bats on the hunt. READ MORE

NEWS IN BRIEF U.S. cases of a polio-like illness rise, but there are few clues to its cause Nov 13 2018 5:23 PM A total of 90 cases of acute flaccid myelitis have been confirmed so far this year, out of 252 under investigation. READ MORE

FEATURE How mammoths competed with other animals and lost Nov 13 2018 12:30 PM Mammoths, mastodons and other ancient elephants were wiped out at the end of the last ice age by climate change and spear-wielding humans. READ MORE

NEWS Climate change may have made the Arctic deadlier for baby shorebirds Nov 13 2018 10:45 AM What were once relatively safe havens in the Arctic are now feasting sites for predators of baby birds. READ MORE

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