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  1. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    When the brain learns to feel pain, kids’ effect on paternal testosterone and more in this week’s news.

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  2. Chemistry

    Science gets the deets on DEET

    New research demonstrates how insect repellent may mix up mosquitoes’ smelling machinery.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Ringing in ears may have deeper source

    Tinnitus results from the brain’s effort to compensate for hearing loss, a study concludes.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Preterm infants show mortality risks as children, adults

    Death rates are higher in preemies than full-term babies when these people reach early adulthood, a large study finds.

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  5. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    The source of the Milky Way’s spirals, a new way to spot gravitational waves and more in this week’s news.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Brain may sabotage efforts to lose weight

    The brains of obese people act hungry whether their bodies are or not.

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  7. Humans

    Humans

    The dark side of online deals, why cockiness is advantageous and more in this week's news.

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  8. Earth

    Pacific volcanoes share split personality

    The dual chemistry of island chains reflects variations in the distribution of ancient material bubbling up from deep within the Earth.

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  9. Loss of eyes in the sky hurts science on the ground

    In a clean room at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California sits the next great hope of the United States’ Earth-monitoring program. About the size of a minibus, it is covered in gold foil, riddled with electrical wires, and very clean. This $1.5-billion satellite is state-of-the-art, carrying five advanced instruments to measure everything from […]

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  10. Earth

    Earth & Environment

    Toxic consequences of solar power, enduring effects of ancient landslides and more in this week's news.

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  11. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Microscopic murderers caught dealing poison, fighting aging with hibernation and more in this week's news.

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  12. Psychology

    Same face, different person

    Photos of a stranger’s mug can look like many unfamiliar people to an observer, complicating facial recognition research.

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