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  1. Health & Medicine

    Save the Brain: Study suggests new way to treat head trauma

    A compound that stimulates nerve-cell activity may help the brain recover from serious head injuries.

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  2. Chemistry

    Molecular Midwives: Small helper compounds may have spawned early tools of life on Earth

    Life on Earth may have sprung into being with the assistance of tiny molecules that are remarkably adept at stitching together DNA in the lab.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Martian Methane: Carbon compound hints at life

    The presence of methane in the Martian atmosphere spotlights the possibility that there might be primitive life on the Red Planet.

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  4. Archaeology

    Cat’s Cradle? New find pushes back origin of tamed felines

    Archaeological finds on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus indicate that people domesticated cats by about 9,500 years ago, long before cat taming achieved prominence in ancient Egypt.