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  1. Health & Medicine

    Zinc boosts kids’ learning

    Zinc fortification improved mental skills in children with normal healthy diets, suggesting that the recommended intake for this mineral may need to be raised.

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  2. Earth

    Oysters under siege: Heat and pollution

    With global warming, some polluted waters could become graveyards for certain shellfish.

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  3. When opposites don’t attract

    The quirks of two kinds of European corn borers are giving researchers a way to study how a single species might split in two.

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  4. Planetary Science

    Far-out science

    New measurements show that the planetoid Sedna spins more rapidly than earlier observations had suggested.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    When the stomach gets low on acid

    A study in mice shows that a shortage of stomach acid can lead to cancer, apparently as a result of bacterial overgrowth and inflammation.

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  6. Many cyanobacteria make a neurotoxin

    A brain-damaging toxin, once believed to come only from a group of tropical plants and their live-in microbes, turns out to be much more widespread.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Licorice ingredient ferrets out herpes

    A compound in licorice homes in on lab-grown cells infected with a herpes virus and induces them to self-destruct.

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  8. Paleontology

    Early mammal had newfangled fangs

    A tiny mammal that lived in Colorado about 150 million years ago had hollow teeth that lacked enamel, a characteristic that didn't reappear in mammals for another 100 million years.

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  9. Earth

    Coming Storms: Method predicts intensity of U.S. hurricane seasons

    A new computer model that analyzes summer-wind patterns can help predict whether the United States will suffer a damaging hurricane season.

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  10. Mood Brighteners: Light therapy gets nod as depression buster

    Brief periods of daily exposure to bright light are an effective treatment option for depression.

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  11. Tech

    Double bubble comes off in a pinch

    By nestling droplets inside larger droplets, scientists have created a new strategy for encapsulating food additives and fragrances.

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  12. Frozen in Time: Gas puts mice metabolically on ice

    Researchers have induced a hibernation-like state in mice by exposing them to low concentrations of hydrogen sulfide.

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