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  1. Life

    V-flying birds pick efficient flapping pattern

    Ibises time their flaps to catch a boost from a neighbor’s wing.

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  2. Ecosystems

    Trees’ growth keeps climbing with age

    Older trees pack on weight faster, making them potentially the best carbon collectors.

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  3. Astronomy

    Kepler’s surprise: Planet hunter also found supernovas

    NASA's now-defunct Kepler space telescope captured five stellar explosions as they happened.

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  4. Agriculture

    Some bioenergy crops are greener than others

    In the Upper Midwest, switchgrass trumps maize at boosting ecological health.

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  5. Astronomy

    Galaxies’ missing mass may hide in gas clouds

    Vast reservoirs of previously undetected gas could account for much of galaxies’ matter, solving a cosmic mystery.

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  6. Astronomy

    Enormous cosmic lens magnifies supernova

    Galaxy warps light of distant exploding star, greatly increasing its brightness.

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  7. Life

    Marine microbes shed packets of DNA, nutrients

    The world’s most abundant marine microorganism, the photosynthetic bacteria Prochlorococcus, spits out nutrient-rich vesicles into ocean waters, perhaps for genetic exchange or as a survival mechanism.

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  8. Neuroscience

    A schizophrenia drug turns on protein factories in cells

    Haloperidol reshapes neurons, which might explain how the medicine works.

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  9. Computing

    Materials’ light tricks may soon extend to doing math

    A simulation paves the way toward metamaterials that can perform ultrafast complex mathematical operations using light waves.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Pacemaker treats sleep apnea

    Experimental device works for many patients who can’t use breathing machines.

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  11. Animals

    Dog-paddle science debunks notion of underwater trot

    From Newfoundlands to Yorkshire terriers, canines swim with similar, distinctive gait.

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  12. Psychology

    Migraines respond to great expectations

    Patients get more pain relief from drug and placebo labeled as headache busters than from those labeled as dummy pills.

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