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Heat from a glowing infant Earth could have vaporized the moon’s metals into an atmosphere as thick as Mars’, a new simulation shows. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-might-have-had-heavy-metal-atmosphere-supersonic-winds

Analysis of the diversity of vowel sounds found in southern accents could help developers of speech recognition software. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/southern-drawl-gets-deconstructed

But climate and earth science see cuts, and ARPA-E is eliminated http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/house-lawmakers-balk-most-trump-science-cuts-early-bills

Complaint, now dropped, claimed officials violated rights http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/creationist-geologist-sues-us-park-service-after-it-rejects-request-collect-samples

New president pushes dramatic shift in energy policy http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/south-korea-s-nuclear-u-turn-draws-praise-and-darts

Molecular oxygen detected around comet 67P may not be a relic of the solar system’s birth. Instead, it may be generated by interactions of water, the solar wind and the comet’s surface. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oxygen-comet-67p-might-not-be-ancient-after-all

A writing system from the 1700s may illuminate even older knotty Inca messages. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/twisted-textile-cords-may-contain-clues-inca-messages

As an alternative to genetically modified mosquitoes, Florida skeeter police are testing one of two strategies that use bacteria to meddle with insect sex lives. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/florida-theyre-fighting-mosquitoes-meddling-their-sex-lives

Bacterial meningitis is likely suspect but other causes are still under investigation http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/liberian-mystery-disease-may-be-solved

Top Democrat says DOE is breaking the law by withholding funding http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/fight-escalates-over-arpa-e-grants

Methane bubbles speed up ocean photosynthesis and sequester carbon dioxide http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/methane-slowing-global-warming-arctic

Geolocator devices that help track migrating birds could also hamper migration survival or timing. https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/trackers-may-tip-warbler-odds-returning-nest

Researchers developed the structure-based color printing technique as an alternative to ink-based printing, in which colors fade with time. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-printer-creates-color-shaping-nanostructures

Mars formed farther away from the sun than its present-day orbit, not near the other terrestrial planets, new research suggests. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mars-may-not-have-been-born-alongside-other-rocky-planets