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  1. Tech

    Batteries not included

    Researchers have developed a sensor that, when flexed, generates enough charge to send wireless signals.

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  2. Psychology

    Math disability tied to bad number sense

    Children who don’t grasp arithmetic at all, unlike below-average students, have little feel for estimating quantities.

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  3. Physics

    New data zap views of static electricity

    Materials appear to build up charge by exchanging tiny bits of material, a study concludes.

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  4. Life

    Blue light used to treat diabetes

    Illumination triggers control of blood sugar in mice implanted with engineered human cells.

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  5. Space

    Spacecraft goes from crash landing to mission accomplished

    The wreckage of the Genesis probe yields a bonanza of discoveries about conditions in the early solar system.