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  1. Planetary Science

    Something’s cooking on Enceladus

    A trail of silicon-rich particles in one of the rings of Saturn points to possible hydrothermal activity on Enceladus.

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  2. Neuroscience

    Electrical zap of cells shapes growing brains

    The electric charge across cell membranes directs many aspects of brain development, and changing it can fix certain brain birth defects.

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  3. Environment

    Replacement for toxic chemical in plastics, receipts may be just as toxic

    Mounting evidence suggests that BPS, a common chemical in plastics, may cause the same health effects as BPA.

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  4. Earth

    Tethys Ocean implicated in Pangaea breakup

    The shrinking of the Tethys Ocean may have broken up the Pangaea supercontinent.