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  1. Enzyme separates healthy and unhealthy obesity

    Healthy versus unhealthy obesity depends on levels of an enzyme that causes inflammation.

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  2. Astronomy

    Rare planet circles just one of a pair of stars

    A newly discovered exoplanet orbits one star in a binary pair and shows that planets can form even with a second sun nearby.

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  3. Science & Society

    Main result of Facebook emotion study: less trust in Facebook

    Facebook’s controversial manipulation of emotional posts raises key questions about how to study online behavior.

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  4. Astronomy

    Young stars vibrate faster as they age

    Stellar pulsations provide a new way to gauge ages of infant stars.

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  5. Earth

    Oklahoma earthquakes triggered by wastewater injection

    Dumping wastewater from the oil and gas industry into disposal wells may have set off swarm of earthquakes in Oklahoma.

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  6. Astronomy

    Exoplanets once trumpeted as life-friendly may not exist

    Two exoplanets considered among the most promising for hosting life may not exist, a new study suggests.

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  7. Psychology

    People will take pain over being left alone with their thoughts

    Evidence suggests that people dislike solitary thought so much that some prefer electric shocks.

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  8. Animals

    Mantis shrimp tune their eyes with sunscreen

    Blocking some rays in just the right way creates six ways of actually seeing ultraviolet light.

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  9. Animals

    Red kangaroo’s tail acts like a fifth leg

    Red kangaroos wield their tails like another limb when moving slowly.

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  10. Psychology

    Vocal fry

    At the lowest registers of the human voice, a creaky, popping sound known as vocal fry emerges.

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  11. Math

    Scientists’ grasp of confidence intervals doesn’t inspire confidence

    Confidence intervals are often misrepresented and are commonly misunderstood, even by researchers.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Supercooling makes livers for transplants last longer

    Supercooling a rat liver for transplant greatly increased an organ’s survival time outside the body, potentially opening the door for global allocation of human organs.

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