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  1. Math

    Varying efficacy of HIV drug cocktails explained

    Steepness of slope in dose-response curve tips off researchers to importance of timing in virus’s life cycle.

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  2. Life

    Oil spill didn’t hurt seagrass-dwelling juvenile fish

    Long-term effects of early exposure to hydrocarbons remains unknown.

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  3. Life

    Learnin’ lizards

    Underrated reptiles figure out what to do when the old rules change.

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  4. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    A Saturnian storm, an asteroid visit, a leaky Betelgeuse and more in this week's news.

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  5. Space

    Astronomers probe matter in early universe

    Smeared light from the dawn of time confirms ideas about a mysterious dark energy permeating the cosmos.

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  6. Space

    Iapetus gets dusted

    Saturn moon gets its yin-yang surface by plowing through a ring of dust.

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  7. Humans

    Humans

    Poorer families take bigger risks, plus untrustworthy mugs and adulterous wives in this week's news.

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  8. Earth

    Simulation tracks ocean’s missing heat

    Climate scientists suggest energy is buried deep undersea or released to space.

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  9. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Tibetan singing bowls, supersized Rubik's Cubes and sound-squeezing soda cans in this week's news

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  10. Earth

    Earth & Environment

    Mountaintop mining, plastic fish and the return of the right whale in this week's news

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  11. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Chromosomal risks of fertility treatment, vitamin A for vaccines and clues to brain cancer in this week's news.

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  12. Chemistry

    Fats stimulate binge eating

    Much like marijuana, fatty foods can spur overeating, a study in rats shows. The new finding also suggests possible therapies to combat the munchies.

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