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FULL METAL ASTEROID Long ago, molten iron could have erupted from the metal asteroid Psyche (illustrated in cross section) in a process dubbed ferrovolcanism, new studies suggest.

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FUNKY FROGS Pumpkin toadlets, native to southeastern Brazil, are the first known frogs to have bony plates that glow through their skin when illuminated with ultraviolet light.

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GARFIELD? Cats may be able to distinguish the sound of their own names from the names of other cats — unless they live in cat cafés. Then it gets more complicated.

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