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  1. Health & Medicine

    Cigarettes cause half of bladder cancers in women

    People who smoke are four times as likely to develop the malignancy as people who never smoked, a study finds.

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  2. Humans

    Financial world dominated by a few deep pockets

    Analysis suggests a small number of firms control a big share of global wealth.

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  3. Life

    Parkinson’s protein comes in fours

    A better understanding of alpha-synuclein's structure could lead to ways of treating or preventing the disease.

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  4. Planetary Science

    White dwarfs gobble Earthlike treats

    Astronomers have found elements in the dead stars’ atmospheres that suggest rocky planetary bodies once orbited the stars.