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  1. Science & Society

    HeLa genome offers clues to cells’ cancerous nature

    The genetic sequence is published along with an agreement to protect the privacy of the family of the cells’ provider, Henrietta Lacks.

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  2. Science & Society

    Flu researchers plan to repeat controversial work

    The scientists who made the H5N1 strain transmissible between ferrets intend to do the same with H7N9.

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  3. Animals

    Climate change may bring dramatic behavior shifts

    Shifting temperatures and rainfall are expected to alter animal lifestyles from the poles to the tropics.

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  4. Life

    Evolution of mammalian monogamy remains mysterious

    Two large studies reach opposing conclusions about why males stay with females.

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  5. Physics

    Doppler effect takes a spin

    Light’s twistiness allows researchers to measure rotating object’s speed.

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  6. Humans

    Y chromosome analysis moves Adam closer to Eve

    A pair of genetic studies has pushed back age of men's most recent common ancestor.

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  7. Neuroscience

    Camping resets internal clock

    After a week in the wild, people went to bed and got up earlier.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Going out to lunch zaps mental focus

    Sharing a midday meal with friends could lead later to errors at work.

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  9. Animals

    Oxygen boost aided carnivore evolution in Cambrian explosion

    Atmospheric change and rise of predators caused burst in complexity of life.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Full moon may mean less sleep

    Slumber waxes and wanes along with lunar rhythm, researchers find with people sleeping in windowless lab.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Gastric bypass surgery causes sugar-burning gut growth in rats

    The rapid improvement in symptoms of diabetes, seen in patients before weight loss begins, may be due to changes in part of the intestine.

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  12. Life

    A flash of light implants false memories in mice

    Researchers alter rodents' recollections by exciting just a few neurons.

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