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  1. Health & Medicine

    Like a prion, Alzheimer’s protein seeds itself in the brain

    Injecting amyloid-beta into mice may induce misfolding of native amyloid-beta molecules, leading to the buildup associated with the neuron-killing disease.

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  2. Life

    Peacocks ruffle feathers, make a rumble

    New recordings reveal that male birds use infrasound, emitting low-pitch sounds detected by peers but inaudible to human ears.

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  3. Tech

    The descent of music

    Using an evolutionary process, researchers create pleasing tunes out of grating noise.

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  4. Astronomy

    Giant celestial disk hard to explain

    A star's oversized debris ring challenges theories of planet formation.