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  1. Genetics

    Water bears are genetic mash-ups

    Drying out may help tardigrades soak up new DNA, which in turn aids the water bears in withstanding stress.

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  2. Physics

    Final chapter published in decades-long Gravity Probe B project

    It took more than 50 years, but an experiment testing general relativity has finally come to a close.

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  3. Microbes

    Gut microbes signal when dinner is done

    Helpful E. coli bacteria that live in the guts of animals produce proteins that can decrease an animal’s appetite only 20 minutes after receiving nutrients

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  4. Earth

    Don’t flip out: Earth’s magnetic poles aren’t about to switch

    Earth’s waning magnetic field is returning to its long-term average, not heading toward a catastrophic magnetic reversal, new lava analysis suggests.

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  5. Genetics

    Mosquitoes engineered to zap ability to carry malaria

    Researchers have created a gene drive that prevents mosquitoes from carrying malaria.

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  6. Climate

    Thinning ice leads to winter warming in the Arctic

    Thinning Arctic sea ice could boost heat-trapping water vapor in the air during autumn and winter, leading to more ice loss.

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  7. Animals

    How to see with eyes made of rock

    Tiny mollusk eyes in chiton armor can pick up rough images.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    A good diet for you may be bad for me

    Eating the same foods can produce very different reactions in people.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Engineered vocal cords show promise in animal tests

    Lab-grown vocal cord tissue could lead the way to better treatments for people with vocal problems

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  10. Psychology

    Culture shapes sense of fairness

    Culture shapes kids’ sense of fairness, especially when they get the short end of the stick.

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  11. Animals

    Ponds and their toads cured of dreaded disease

    Treating both tadpoles and their ponds for infection by deadly Bd chytrid fungus lets midwife toads go wild again.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    When selenium is scarce, brain battles testes for it

    In competition for selenium, testes draw the nutrient away from the brain.

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