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  1. Paleontology

    Dinosaur dreams dashed

    Fans of 'Jurassic Park' may be disappointed (or possibly relieved) to learn that you can’t get ancient DNA from amber.

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  2. Earth

    Biggest volcano hulks deep

    Tamu Massif forms a broad, rounded dome rising about 4 kilometers from the seafloor and stretching 450 by 650 kilometers across.

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  3. Environment

    Cattle chemical can return in the night

    Steroid to beef up cows breaks down, but can reassemble under the right conditions.

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  4. Science & Society

    A new look and other fruits of our digital experiments

    Science News has reinvented itself many times over the decades, and while our latest incarnation pushes us into the digital future, our mission remains unchanged: to translate the latest advances of science into an easy-to-read form.

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  5. Astronomy

    Last gorge for galaxy’s central black hole gauged

    Relic light suggests the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center was millions of times more active 2 million years ago.

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  6. Life

    Killer cells trained on leukemia may protect some people

    Immune system seems to remember cancer in people who've never had it, a new study suggests.

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  7. Neuroscience

    Some schemes to boost brainpower are too clever by half

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  8. Astronomy

    Don’t worry, be grumpy and take nature’s cycles in stride

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  9. Physics

    Fact and fiction about negative mass

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  10. Neuroscience

    Scented naps can dissipate fears

    People unlearned an odor's unpleasant accompaniment when they smelled it in their sleep.

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  11. Climate

    Slashing greenhouse gas emissions could save millions of lives

    Simulations suggest reduced air pollution would improve public health.

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  12. Life

    Protein injection triggers vessel repair

    Retina blood lines regrow when treated with angiopoietin-1, a new study suggests.

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