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Health & Medicine

Something in the air may cause lung damage in troops

Unexplained breathing problems in soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan come from deposits that damage tiny passages in the lungs.

Life

Shuffling the genetic deck

Scientists map places where chromosomes mix and match genes.

Life

Life

Slacker fish, carnivorous pitfalls, a dinosaur gap and more in this week’s news.

Physics

Quantum theory gets physical

New work finds a physical basis for quantum mechanics.

Space

Atom & Cosmos

Runaway planets, the return of Neptune and tricky antineutrinos in this week’s news.

Space

Dawn on Vesta

New image from NASA asteroid mission reveals a relic of the early solar system.

Chemistry

Molecules/Matter & Energy

Shaking off snake venom, flexible display screens and krill-sniffing penguins in this week's news.

Earth

Earth/Environment

Tracking carbon dioxide, fingerprinting uranium and understanding phthalates in boys in this week's news.

Humans

Mirror system gets an assist

Study finds two brain systems are surprisingly active when an amputee observes a task she can’t perform.

Life

Genes & Cells

Human livers implanted in mice, plus new eye of newt, the potato genome and more in this week’s news.

Psychology

Narcissists need no reality check

Masters of vanity know they’re arrogant and disliked, but see own bigheadedness as justified.

Microbes

Whether for brains or bacteria, intelligence is all about food