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  1. Space

    Astronomers zero in on Milky Way’s black hole

    Astronomers report a new value for the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center.

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  2. Space

    Reading ripples in the cosmic microwave background

    Researchers analyzing the wiggles imprinted on the cosmic microwave background, the radiation leftover from the Big Bang, have now demonstrated that those wiggles can be used to find the fingerprints of dark energy.

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  3. Physics

    Superglass could be new state of matter

    Simulations of helium-4 show that a superglass, in which atoms flow without friction, is possible.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    In the brain, justice is served from many parts

    Imaging study reveals variation in brain activity depending on the severity of punishment a person decides.

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  5. Animals

    Dolphins wield tools of the sea

    A long-term study of dolphins living off Australia’s coast finds that a small number of them, mostly females, frequently use sea sponges to forage for fish on the ocean floor.

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  6. Space

    New window on the high-energy universe

    New telescope finds that the high-energy share of gamma-ray bursts arrive at Earth significantly later than the low-energy portion.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Pollutants in the womb can trigger adult cancers

    Mouse study shows fetal exposure to carcinogens may pose long-term risks.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Antioxidants fail to prevent prostate cancer

    Selenium, vitamins C, E don’t lower incidence of prostate cancer in two large trials.

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  9. Space

    First detection of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet

    Moving one step closer to finding the fingerprints of life in a habitable planet beyond the solar system, astronomers have for the first time detected carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet.

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  10. Chemistry

    Engineered bacteria create high-energy biofuel

    Scientists alter E. coli microbes to make a high-energy alcohol not produced naturally

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  11. Humans

    When giving gifts, the price is wrong

    Gift givers expect that expensive presents will be appreciated by gift receivers more than inexpensive presents, but three new investigations suggest that that’s not the case.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Malaria vaccine closer to reality

    The success of two trials sets the stage for a final, large-scale trial that could mean approval of what would be the first vaccine against Malaria.

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