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  1. Genetics

    Debate rages over mouse studies’ relevance to humans

    Last year, researchers said rodents are not good mimics of human inflammation; a new study says the reverse.

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  2. Astronomy

    Gamma rays streaming from stellar explosions stump astronomers

    The Fermi satellite detected gamma rays coming from an unexpected source — and astronomers don’t understand what made that possible.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Mummies reveal hardened arteries

    Mummy studies suggest heart disease is an ancient malady, not just the product of modern diets and sedentary lifestyles.

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  4. Animals

    Nematode sperm go rogue

    Worm sperm a killer when nematode species crossbreed.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Part of brain’s pleasure network curbed in mice with chronic pain

    Part of brain’s pleasure network is muffled in mice with chronic paw injuries, a new study finds.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Resistance to key malaria drug spreads

    Parasites that are less susceptible to artemisinin now affect several Asian countries.

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  7. Paleontology

    Dinosaurs shrank continually into birds

    Steady miniaturization and rapidly changing skeletons transformed massive animals into today’s fliers.

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  8. Astronomy

    When looking for aliens, try finding their pollution

    Future telescopes may discover civilized aliens by detecting the industrial pollutants called fluorinated gases in exoplanet atmospheres.

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  9. Quantum Physics

    Birds’ turns match math of quantum matter

    Equations that describe superfluidity may explain how information about which way and when to turn spreads in a starling flock.

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  10. Earth

    Early life probably fell victim to massive space rocks

    Planet-sterilizing impacts probably snuffed out early life on Earth until around 4.3 billion years ago.

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  11. Quantum Physics

    Quantum Cheshire Cat experiment splits particles from their properties

    When facing a fork in the road, neutrons appear to go in one direction and their spins in the other.

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  12. Life

    For yeast life span, calorie restriction may be a wash

    A new technique for growing and tracking yeast cells finds caloric restriction doesn’t lengthen life span, though some researchers question the study method.

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