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  1. Earth

    Greenland’s ice sheets face new threat

    Subsurface ocean warming is likely to be dramatic in that region, a new study finds.

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  2. Humans

    Humans

    Seeking solace in warmth, plus the risks of payday and the impulsive brain in this week’s news.

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  3. Earth

    Sulfur stalls surface temperature rise

    A new study shows how pollutants helped balance out the effects of greenhouse gases from 1998 to 2008.

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  4. Physics

    Rare earth elements plentiful in ocean sediments

    The economically vital metals could be mined from the deep sea, Japanese geologists propose.

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  5. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Electrifying ink, superelastic alloys, knotty molecules and more in this week's news.

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  6. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Airplanes knock rain from the sky, plus a quick-melting glacier and BPA's diabetes link in this week's news.

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  7. Life

    Genes & Cells

    A sticky E. coli outbreak, clues to pancreatic cancer and a double whammy that leads to cancer in this week's news.

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  8. Life

    Prion protein is not all bad

    The molecule’s real job may be to maintain myelin around nerves.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    The Power of D

    Sunshine vitamin’s potential health benefits stir up, split scientists.

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  10. Humans

    Collapsing Coastlines

    How Arctic shores are pulled a-sea 

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  11. Earth

    Surviving tornadoes mostly depends on a lot of luck and the right attitude

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  12. Book Review: A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer

    Review by Tina Hesman Saey.

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