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  1. Science & Society

    Bieber fever and other contagions reveal some things about fame, money, and us

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  2. Physics

    New data zap views of static electricity

    Materials appear to build up charge by exchanging tiny bits of material, a study concludes.

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  3. Life

    Blue light used to treat diabetes

    Illumination triggers control of blood sugar in mice implanted with engineered human cells.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Sight restored after 55 years, plus hockey-checking injuries, statins' diabetes link and more in this week's news.

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  5. Space

    Spacecraft goes from crash landing to mission accomplished

    The wreckage of the Genesis probe yields a bonanza of discoveries about conditions in the early solar system.

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  6. Life

    From Z’s to A’s

    Two new studies show sleep is crucial to learning.

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  7. Paleontology

    Big dinosaurs kept their cool

    Body temperature of long-gone beasts resembled that of mammals, study of fossil teeth suggests.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Food choices matter in weight control

    Potatoes and sugary soft drinks add pounds, a long-term analysis shows; fruit, yogurt and nuts help shed them.

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  9. Life

    Life

    Ultrasonic ribbits, saving dead trees and fishy retribution in this week’s news.

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  10. Life

    Multicellular life arises in a test tube

    A yeast experiment recapitulates a major early milestone in the history of life.

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  11. Space

    NASA spacecraft puts moon in new focus

    Images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show fine details of the lunar surface.

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  12. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Moons may be common, plus transforming neutrinos, new comet images and more in this week’s news.

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