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  1. Earth

    Venice falling

    Compacting soil means the flood-prone city continues to sink.

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  2. Physics

    Order from disorder

    Collective motion emerges spontaneously in wiggling protein strands.

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  3. Life

    The farther the better for corals after oil spill

    Deepwater organisms may be slow to recover from Gulf accident.

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  4. Chemistry

    Protons on the move find novel molecular route

    Hydrogen bonds aren’t the only means of proton travel to another molecule, a study finds.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Fatty diet leads to fat-loving brain cells

    A study in mice links a high-fat diet to changes in the brain that might encourage weight gain.

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  6. Life

    Gene might help sponges see

    Scientists provide a glimpse at how multicellular organisms handle light.

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  7. Space

    Vesta seems more planet than asteroid

    Spacecraft explorations reveal a layered, beat-up celestial body.

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  8. Life

    Making mouse memories

    Neuroscientists create a synthetic recollection of fear in rodents.

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  9. Space

    Smallest planet yields big surprises

    Spacecraft images reveal Mercury has a complicated inside and an active geologic past.

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  10. Chemistry

    Opioids’ molecular magic unmasked

    New 3-D structures of opiumlike drugs bound to the body’s proteins will aid the development of better painkillers and the battle against drug abuse.

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  11. Life

    The yin and yang of male pattern baldness

    The discovery of a hormone-like molecule in the scalp may offer new clues for treating baldness.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Abnormal cells may signal hidden heart risk

    Damage to blood vessel lining shows up in blood tests.

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