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  1. Health & Medicine

    Signs of cardiac disease start early in obese children

    Worrisome changes to the heart that are associated with obesity can appear in childhood, a new MRI study shows.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Blood-brain barrier jiggled loose to deliver medicine

    Using ultrasounds, doctors attempted to slip a chemotherapy drug into a woman’s brain through the blood-brain barrier.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Blood-brain barrier jiggled loose to deliver medicine

    Using ultrasounds, doctors attempted to slip a chemotherapy drug into a woman’s brain through the blood-brain barrier.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Cardiac risks rise for linemen during football season

    Linemen on a football team face raised cardiac risk over the course of a season, a study of college players shows.

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  5. Astronomy

    Early stars found swirling in the Milky Way center

    Ancient stars with low iron abundance surround the Milky Way’s center.

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  6. Archaeology

    Honeybees sweetened early farmers’ lives

    Residue on pottery pegs ancient farmers as devotees of honeybee products.

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  7. Astronomy

    Chile telescope array spots nearby Earth-sized planet

    The discovery of GJ 1132b, the nearest Earth-sized planet known beyond the solar system, could herald the era of probing the atmospheres of nearby worlds for signs of life.

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  8. Planetary Science

    Phobos starting to crack under pressure

    Grooves that wrap around Phobos show that the Martian moon is starting to crack from stress.

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  9. Planetary Science

    Impact from a space rock may have helped shape Pluto’s heart

    Pluto’s heart is deep basin, possibly caused by a run in with something else in the Kuiper belt.

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  10. Planetary Science

    Impact from a space rock might have formed Pluto’s heart

    Pluto’s heart is deep basin, possibly caused by a run in with something else in the Kuiper belt.

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  11. Planetary Science

    Meteors shower Mercury

    Meteor showers kick up shroud of calcium on Mercury.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Organ waiting list policy benefits the wealthy, study charges

    Wealthier patients can afford to get on more organ transplant lists, giving them an advantage, a new study says.

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