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  1. Suicide rates revised for depression

    A research review concludes that the suicide rate among people diagnosed with depression has been overstated.

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  2. Physics

    Heating, simulations get the drop on drips

    Air can buoy a layer of oil and, perhaps, even water leaking through a ceiling, if the air is relatively warm compared with the liquid.

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  3. Astronomy

    X rays unveil secret lives of black holes

    New studies challenge the notion that supermassive black holes finished growing soon after their host galaxies formed and suggest new ways to find these black holes and measure their mass.

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  4. Agriculture

    Tasteful new wrapping can protect produce

    New, fruit- and vegetable-based edible packaging could reduce the amount of synthetic wrapping needed to protect food.

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  5. New ant species plunders other ants’ farms

    A newly discovered Megalomyrmex ant specializes in raiding the nest gardens of fungus-cultivating ant species.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Vision: The risks of being too fat or too tall

    Excess weight or height can have a blinding impact, fostering the development of cataracts.

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  7. Paleontology

    Genes Seem to Link Unlikely Relatives

    Genetic markers on three proteins suggest a common African ancestor for elephants, aardvarks, elephant shrews, golden moles, and other animals.

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  8. Timely Surprises

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  9. Depression Gets Doleful Diagnosis

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  10. Tech

    Beatin’ Those Low-Life Blue-Laser Blues

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  11. The Last Three Minutes

    Computing the shape of gravitational waves to come

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  12. Inspecting Teleported Quantum Information

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