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  1. Humans

    Willpower endures

    A person's ability to resist temptation stays constant throughout life, study suggests.

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  2. Humans

    Recession-sensitive parenting

    Economic downturn led to temporarily more severe parenting tactics among genetically predisposed mothers.

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  3. Physics

    Solar cells could get quantum boost

    A quantum trick to merge atomic energy levels might boost the power of semiconductor lasers and improve the efficiency of solar panels.

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  4. Life

    Genes may explain who gets sick from flu

    People who stay well even after being exposed to the flu have a strong immune reaction to the virus, but in exactly the opposite way as those who get sick.

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  5. Humans

    Beneficial liaisons

    DNA gift from our extinct cousins not only lives on in people today, but helps people today live on.

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  6. Space

    Asteroid sample nails meteorite source

    Dust returned from space by the Hayabusa mission shows where most space rocks landing on Earth originate.

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  7. Life

    Young elephant struck by idea

    In a test of insight, a 7-year-old pachyderm finds a way to use toy cube to snag a fruity treat hung just out of reach.

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  8. Climate

    El Niños may inflame civil unrest

    Weather extremes associated with this climate phenomenon appear to double the risk that conflict will erupt in any given year.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Studies shed light on Ebola’s M.O.

    New findings reveal a key step in how the deadly virus infects cells — and identify compounds that may thwart it.

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  10. Astronomy

    Galactic bull’s-eye came naturally

    A strange cosmic object isn't the result of a galactic crash, a new study suggests.

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  11. Earth

    Magnitude 5.8 earthquake hits Virginia

    The region's largest tremor in recent history hit northwest of Richmond, felt over much of the East Coast.

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  12. Life

    Lager’s mystery ingredient found

    After scouring the globe, researchers find the missing ancestor of the yeast used to make cold-brewed beer in an unexpected place.

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