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  1. Humans

    Penis size does matter

    Women tend to consider men with lengthier members more visually attractive.

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  2. Life

    Molecule in meat may increase heart disease risk

    Gut bacteria transform compound into artery hardener.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Dream contents deciphered by computer

    Similar brain patterns emerge when seeing an object and conjuring it during sleep.

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  4. Psychology

    Light found in cocaine addiction tunnel

    Using lasers, scientists target a sluggish set of neurons in rats to ease drug compulsion.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Alzheimer’s plaque components fight inflammation

    In mice, bits of proteins can treat condition resembling multiple sclerosis.

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  6. Physics

    Cosmic ray detector confirms hints of dark matter

    Space station-based instrument records high amount of antimatter seen in earlier experiments.

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  7. Earth

    How the West was done

    The tectonic history of North America’s Pacific Rim gets even more jumbled.

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  8. Humans

    Obama unveils brain science program

    Initiative would develop tools to measure coordinated neuron activity.

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  9. Tech

    Biological transistor built for living computers

    DNA-based switches could be used in diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

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  10. Life

    Eye drops reduce signs of macular degeneration in mice

    Targeting cholesterol in retina stops rogue blood vessel growth often seen in the vision disease.

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  11. Psychology

    Babies’ flexible squeals may enable them to talk later

    Language evolution might have fed off infants’ ability to use certain sounds to express various emotions.

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  12. Earth

    In Antarctica, melting may beget ice

    Disintegration of floating glaciers could be responsible for freezing of seawater.

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