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  1. Health & Medicine

    Pasteurization destroys H5N1 bird flu in milk

    Tests show pasteurized dairy with H5N1 remnants did not cause illness in mice, supporting safety of milk during outbreaks.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    In a first, Huntington’s disease is slowed by an experimental treatment

    An experimental gene therapy slowed Huntington’s by up to 75 percent in a small clinical trial. While not a cure, it may give patients longer lives.

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  3. Astronomy

    See a 3-D map of stellar nurseries based on data from the Gaia telescope

    The map, spanning 4,000 light-years from the sun in all directions, combines a chart of space dust with the effects of a rare type of young, hot star.

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  4. Animals

    Meet the ‘grue jay,’ a rare hybrid songbird

    Despite millions of years of evolutionary separation and a geographical divide, a blue jay and green jay mated in Texas. This bird is the result.

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  5. Anthropology

    An ancient Chinese skull might change how we see our human roots

    Digital reconstruction of a partially crushed skull suggests new insight into Homo sapiens’ evolutionary relationship to Denisovans and Neandertals.

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  6. Animals

    Is camouflage better than warning colors? For insects, it depends

    The effectiveness of camouflage or warning colors for insect defense depends on conditions such as light levels and how many predators are around.

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  7. Psychology

    Striking moments make previous memories stronger

    Emotional events help solidify memories. The findings may one day help students study or trauma survivors recover.

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  8. Physics

    Ice is more flexible than you think, a new nano-movie shows

    Scientists have filmed nanoscale ice crystals adapting to trapped air bubbles without losing structural integrity.

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  9. Planetary Science

    Dwarf planet Makemake sports the most remote gas in the solar system

    The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

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  10. Earth

    Two of Greece’s most dangerous volcanoes share an underground link

    Seismic and land deformation data show that Santorini and Kolumbo draw from the same magma source, complicating eruption forecasts.

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  11. Microbes

    Staph bacteria are bad at letting go

    Calcium, a mineral involved in wound healing, can strengthen the attachment between microbe and skin and make infections hard to shake.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    With little proof, Trump links Tylenol to autism and touts a treatment

    The FDA plans to add a warning to Tylenol’s label and OK use of a drug for autism. Researchers say there’s little data to support either move.

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