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- Life
Genes & Cells
How nanotubes trigger a cell’s gag reflex, the skulking 1918 flu and more in this week’s news.
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- Planetary Science
Fertile Frontiers
Alien-life hunters focus on moons in outer solar system
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- Life
Penguins may sniff out relatives
A zoo study sees hints of odor-based kin recognition in colony-dwelling birds.
By Susan Milius - Life
XMRV tie to chronic fatigue debunked
A virus that was tied to the mysterious syndrome by 2009 research appears to have been a laboratory contaminant.
- Humans
Humans reached Asia in two waves
New genetic data show that some early migrants interbred with a mysterious Neandertal sister group.
By Bruce Bower - Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
When the brain learns to feel pain, kids’ effect on paternal testosterone and more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Chemistry
Science gets the deets on DEET
New research demonstrates how insect repellent may mix up mosquitoes’ smelling machinery.
- Health & Medicine
Ringing in ears may have deeper source
Tinnitus results from the brain’s effort to compensate for hearing loss, a study concludes.
- 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.
By Nathan Seppa - 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.
By Science News