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  1. Humans

    ‘Bonding hormone’ linked to post-baby blues

    Low oxytocin levels in pregnant women may help predict whether they will have postpartum depression.

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  2. Life

    Life

    How hummingbirds really work, the thermostat preferences of leeches, and cattle-sparing disease testing in this week’s news.

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  3. Humans

    Nobelists advise budding scientists

    Laureates share unconventional wisdom with young investigators at Intel ISEF 2011.

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  4. Space

    Crab Nebula activity keeps confounding

    Unusually rapid fluctuations in the output of a supernova remnant send theorists scuttling for a reasonable explanation.

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  5. Chemistry

    Idling jets pollute more than thought

    Oily droplets emitted by planes operating at low power can turn into potentially toxic airborne particles.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Digestive Disease meeting

    Obesity therapy for toddlers, plus digestive issues in athletes, carbs during pregnancy and more from Digestive Disease week 2011.

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  7. Life

    Animals quickly colonized freshwater

    Fossilized worm burrows show that life had moved beyond the oceans by 530 million years ago.

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  8. Humans

    Humans

    Music keeps the mind sharp, plus chimp self-recognition, bullying's bodily effects and more in this week's news.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Food/Nutrition

    Losing weight with chocolate, plus deep-fried dioxins, edible sunscreens and more in this week's news

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  10. BLOG: City of Angels welcomes the world’s biggest global science fair

    Hundreds of young scientists arrive for the start of the 2011 Intel ISEF competition in Los Angeles.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Unnoticed celiac disease worth treating

    People who have an antibody reaction to gluten but no outward symptoms are better off if they avoid grains containing the protein, a study shows.

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  12. Psychology

    Autism rates head up

    Disorders may affect more kids than previously thought, a study in South Korea suggests.

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