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  1. Neuroscience

    Morphine may make pain last longer

    Instead of busting pain, morphine lengthened the duration of pain in rats with a nerve injury.

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  2. Life

    Bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic appears in U.S.

    For the first time in the United States, scientists have reported a patient infected with a strain of bacteria carrying the gene mrc-1, making it resistant to the last-ditch antibiotic colistin.

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  3. Computing

    New technique produces real randomness

    A new technique makes it easier for computers to roll the dice.

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  4. Quantum Physics

    Schrödinger’s cat now dead and alive in two boxes at once

    The living-dead feline has been split in two, using a system of microwaves inside superconducting cavities.

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  5. Climate

    Climate-cooling aerosols can form from tree vapors

    Climate-cooling, cloud-seeding aerosols can form in the atmosphere without the sulfuric acid spewed from fossil fuel burning, new research suggests.

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  6. Neuroscience

    Alzheimer’s culprit may fight other diseases

    A notorious Alzheimer’s villain may help bust microbes.

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  7. Archaeology

    Stone circles show Neandertals’ social, technical skills

    Ancient human relatives built circular stalagmite structures inside a French cave.

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  8. Planetary Science

    Space experts say sending humans to Mars worth the risk

    At a meeting in Washington, NASA and aerospace reps discuss the hopes and hurdles of landing a crew on Mars by the 2030s.

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  9. Astronomy

    Young sun’s super solar flares helped set early Earth up for life

    Super solar flares may have provided early Earth with planet-warming and life-building molecules.

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  10. Climate

    Zapping clouds with lasers could tweak planet’s temperature

    Breaking up the ice particles inside cirrus clouds could make them reflect more light, turning them into a tool to combat global warming.

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  11. Genetics

    Risk identified in procedure for ‘three-parent babies’

    Resurgent mitochondria could spell trouble for disease therapy.

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  12. Oceans

    Ancient tsunamis reshaped Mars’ landscape

    Ancient tsunamis generated by meteorite impacts may have reshaped ocean coastlines on Mars.

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