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  1. 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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  2. Health & Medicine

    Experimental vaccines protect children from hand, foot and mouth disease

    Shots prevented cases resulting from enterovirus 71.

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  3. Life

    Rivalry helps fruit flies maintain brainpower

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

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  4. Physics

    Quantum droplet discovered

    Electrons and holes gather to form a tiny, liquidlike particle.

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  5. Climate

    Extreme heat on the rise

    Recent years saw an increase in peak high temperatures on land despite Earth’s stalled averages.