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  1. Health & Medicine

    Meaty diets may raise risk of dying young

    Reducing protein consumption can lengthen life and improve health, studies in mice and people suggest.

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  2. Astronomy

    Exoplanet water seen in new light

    Astronomers used a new technique to characterize the atmosphere of a gas giant exoplanet.

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  3. Animals

    Peacocks sometimes fake mating hoots

    Peacocks may have learned a benefit of deception by sounding their copulation calls even when no peahens are in sight.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Brain uses decision-making region to tell blue from green

    Language and early visual areas of the brain are not crucial for distinguishing colors, an fMRI study suggests.

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  5. Physics

    Laser tweezers manipulate objects just 50 nanometers wide

    Technique could allow scientists to move proteins, viruses and nanomaterials.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Bereavement can take toll on health, not just emotions

    In the month after a partner dies, spouse more prone to heart attack, stroke.

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  7. Psychology

    Suicide rates drop in big cities

    With more social connections, people may be less inclined to take their own lives.

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  8. Astronomy

    Kepler space telescope data uncovers 715 new planets

    Astronomers used a new tool to quickly confirm the detection of exoplanets.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Experimental drug no Methuselah formula

    Compound lets mice live healthier lives but doesn't extend life span.

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  10. Neuroscience

    Girls may require more mutations than boys to develop autism

    New results may help explain why more males wind up with autism.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Experimental vaccines protect children from hand, foot and mouth disease

    Shots prevented cases resulting from enterovirus 71.

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  12. Life

    Rivalry helps fruit flies maintain brainpower

    In lab tests, males dim mentally after generations without competitors.

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