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  1. Physics

    Computers’ inability to find physical laws is a clue to math’s relationship to reality

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  2. Life

    Underground resistance

    Cave bacteria’s ability to fight antibiotics predates human-made drugs.

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  3. Animals

    Chimps show lethal side

    A collaborative scientific effort offers an inside look at ape homicides.

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  4. Physics

    Long-sought particles possibly glimpsed

    Majorana fermions, which are their own antiparticle, could one day be useful in quantum computing.

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  5. Life

    Baboons show their word skills

    Monkeys learn to distinguish words from nonwords, suggesting ancient evolutionary roots for reading.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Movie clips help ease drug craving

    Images of heroin may prove useful in treating addiction.

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  7. Physics

    Insects covered in tough stuff

    Locust exoskeleton could inspire new, fracture-resistant materials.

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  8. Life

    Molting cleanses water fleas

    Losing a carapace means also losing parasitic bacteria.

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  9. Life

    Pigeon navigation finding called off-course

    Iron-containing cells that had been reported in beaks look mostly like immune system components, a new study finds.

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  10. Earth

    Indonesian quake passes without major tsunami

    A magnitude 8.6 tremor displaced far less water than the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster.

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  11. Space

    Tall, devilish storm skids across Mars’ surface

    Probe captures 20-kilometer dust devil in action.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Why emotions are attention-getters

    Strong, direct connections between two key brain centers help explain how feelings can usurp focus.

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