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  1. Life

    Scientists dig up proteins from the past

    To learn how today’s proteins evolved, scientists are reconstructing ancient molecules.

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  2. Tech

    Nanoparticles beat back atherosclerosis

    Nanoparticles that find and destroy waxy plaques in blood vessels could be the next big treatment for heart disease.

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  3. Animals

    Some animals ‘see’ the world through oddball eyes

    Purple urchins, aka crawling eyeballs, are just one of several bizarre visual systems broadening scientists’ view of what makes an eye.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Bayesian reasoning implicated in some mental disorders

    An 18th century math theory may offer new ways to understand schizophrenia, autism, anxiety and depression.

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  5. Science & Society

    Gun research faces roadblocks and a dearth of data

    Gun violence research is stifled by funding shortfalls and limitations on data access.

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  6. Archaeology

    Lasers unveil secrets and mysteries of Angkor Wat

    The world’s largest temple, Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, was revealed by laser and radar studies to be part of a sprawling medieval metropolis.

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  7. Planetary Science

    How alien can a planet be and still support life?

    Geoscientists imagine the unearthly mechanisms that could keep alien planets habitable.

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  8. Astronomy

    New telescopes will search for signs of life on distant planets

    Researchers are coming up with creative ways to pick up biosignatures in far-away planetary atmospheres.

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  9. Space

    Will we know extraterrestrial life when we see it?

    Desert varnish and certain minerals hint that life — here and elsewhere — may defy current criteria.

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  10. Climate

    Changing climate: 10 years after ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

    In the 10 years since "An Inconvenient Truth," climate researchers have made progress in predicting how rising temperatures will affect sea level, weather patterns and polar ice.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Gum disease opens up the body to a host of infections

    Researchers are getting to the root of gum disease's implications for other diseases.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Microbes can play games with the mind

    Our bodies are having a conversation with our microbiome that may be affecting our mental health — for better or worse.

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