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  1. Earth

    Summer Arctic melt among worst ever

    With no obvious weather pattern to explain this year’s near-record annual ice retreat, generally warming climate appears to be the culprit.

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  2. Life

    Life

    Killer baby birds, the secret to a glowworm’s gleam and more in this week’s news.

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  3. Oceans

    Synthetic lint ends up in oceans

    Microplastics from clothes and other consumer products evade sewage treatment and end up on beaches, studies find.

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  4. Life

    A new way to breach the blood-brain barrier

    Researchers working with rodents have found a drug that can temporarily open a door for treatments.

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  5. Space

    Planet search finds lots of little guys

    The latest collection of extrasolar bodies to be revealed is rich in worlds not much bigger than Earth.

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  6. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Black holes could make the sun jiggle, nanodiamonds' origin and more in this week's news.

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  7. Humans

    In online reviews, patterns in vocabulary can betray deceit

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  8. Earth

    Nature’s crystal palace

    Slow-growing crystals formed over thousands of years in Mexico cave.

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  9. Humans

    Humans

    Footprinting crime scenes, wine refueling stations for King Tut and more in this week’s news.

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  10. Space

    Hints of dark matter reported, again

    European experiment sees some evidence for a heretofore unseen component of the universe.

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  11. Life

    Cats engineered for disease resistance

    Genetically modified felines created in an effort to fight feline immunodeficiency virus.

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  12. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Sweet pollution, toxic fumes from dry-cleaned clothes and more in this week’s news.

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