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And here's a short piece from the August 2018 issue of the magazine

in the section called advances, dispatches from the frontiers of science, technology, and medicine.

The article is called Quick Hits, and it's a rundown of some science and technology stories from around the globe,

compiled by editorial intern Maya Miller.

From Mexico, cavers and scientists in the Mexican state of Oaxaca

discovered that the world's ninth largest known cave is deeper than previously thought.

With a depth of 5,118 feet, it houses dozens of species not

found anywhere else. From Brazil, archaeologists discovered a tooth from an opossum-sized

creature that once inhabited what is now Brazil. The oldest known mammal found in the region to date,

it lived somewhere between 87 million and 70 million years ago, when Tyrannosaurus Rex still

roamed. From Scotland, Microsoft has begun installing computer servers on the sea floor

near Scotland's northern islands

as an alternative to data farms on land. The idea is that the water will create a cool

environment for the servers. From Zimbabwe, the oldest African Beabab tree, roughly 2,500

years of age, died within the past decade, researchers found.

Nine of the 13 oldest Beobabs, all in Africa, have perished since 2005, possibly as a result of

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