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  1. Life

    Brain chemical influences sexual preference in mice

    Males lacking the neurotransmitter serotonin court both sexes equally, researchers are surprised to find.

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  2. Life

    Who felt it not, smelt it not

    A genetic defect in a crucial protein stops both pain and smells from reaching the brain.

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  3. Life

    Fruit-eating fish does far-flung forestry

    Overfishing may be robbing trees in the Amazonian floodplain of vital seed dispersers.

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  4. Space

    Laser proposed to deflect space junk

    A ground-based device would use light to push debris off a collision course.

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  5. Plants

    From a mismatch in growth, a flower blooms

    Scientists reveal the forces at work in the blossoming of a lily.