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Comment: Here are today’s top science stories from “Science News”, published by The Society For Science. Views expressed in this news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.
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Nuclear ‘knots’ could unravel the mysteries of atoms NOV 20 2018 6:00 AM
Skyrmions might help loosen scientific snarls in studies of atomic nuclei.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will look for ancient life in a former river delta NOV 19 2018 3:36 PM
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is going to Jezero crater, the site of an ancient river delta that may harbor signs of life.
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A Bronze Age tomb in Israel reveals the earliest known use of vanilla NOV 19 2018 12:49 PM
Residue of the aromatic substance in 3 jugs dates to around 3,600 years ago.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Gut bacteria may guard against diabetes that comes with aging NOV 19 2018 10:55 AM
A friendly microbe in the gut may be the key to staving off insulin resistance, a study in mice finds.
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Hemp fields offer a late-season pollen source for stressed bees NOV 19 2018 6:00 AM
Colorado’s legal fields of low-THC cannabis can attract a lot of bees.
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MYSTERY SOLVED
Wombats are the only animals whose poop is a cube. Here’s how they do it. NOV 18 2018 5:00 PM
The elasticity of wombats’ intestines helps the creatures shape their distinctive poops.
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Small doses of peanut protein can turn allergies around NOV 18 2018 4:45 PM
After a year of careful peanut protein exposure, most kids in a clinical trial could tolerate the equivalent of two large peanuts.
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Tiny satellites will relay news of InSight’s Mars landing in minutes, not hours NOV 18 2018 7:00 AM
NASA’s InSight Mars lander brought along two tiny CubeSats to send details about the spacecraft’s landing to Earth in almost real time.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
A Bronze Age game called 58 holes was found chiseled into stone in Azerbaijan NOV 16 2018 1:12 PM
A newly discovered rock pattern suggests that the game traveled fast from the Near East to Eurasia thousands of years ago.
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FDA restricts the sale of some flavored e-cigarettes as teen use soars NOV 16 2018 1:05 PM
The number of high schoolers who vape rose 78 percent from 2017 to 2018.
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