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  1. Humans

    Wrist bones said to distinguish hobbits

    New fossils enter the debate over tiny humanlike species that lived in Indonesia.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    Updated Pap smear detects ovarian, uterine cancers

    Adding a genetic analysis to the procedure reveals mutations specific to the two malignancies.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Earth

    Quakes may bring nearby rocks closer to rupture

    Lab studies could explain how a seemingly stable geologic fault can fail.

    By Erin Wayman
  4. Health & Medicine

    Drug restores lost hearing

    Loud noises can damage sensitive inner ear cells called hair cells, which in mammals don’t grow back.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Life

    City lights create sexual early birds

    Male blackbirds exposed to nocturnal illumination are ready to mate sooner in spring.