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  1. Life

    How exercise benefits nerve cells

    Activity stimulates production of a neural insulation that moves messages faster.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Urine test may improve prostate screening

    Levels of two biomarkers might clarify whether a man with an iffy PSA score needs to get a biopsy, a study finds.

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  3. Life

    Life

    Flowery advertising, tempting toilets for shrews, bat beacons and more in this week’s news.

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  4. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Trojan asteroids, black hole interactions and a gargantuan watering hole in this week’s news.

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  5. Materials Science

    Now, an invisibility cloak you can see

    Physicists have developed a device that can hide objects in visible wavelengths.

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  6. Life

    A cougar in Connecticut

    Using DNA and trailside cameras, wildlife biologists retrace the 18-month, 2,000-mile journey of a young male cat.

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  7. Life

    Wasp has built-in Facebook

    An insect species with a tricky social life has a special facility for telling one bug's mug from another.

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  8. In ancient Southwest droughts, a warning of dry times to come

    Anything but lush, the U.S. Southwest has been especially parched lately. About a decade ago a cycle of droughts began; the latest one has dried much of the region to a degree that meteorologists expect only twice a century. But look back a millennium or more, and you’ll find signs that today’s conditions are not […]

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  9. Life

    DNA switches tied to non-Hodgkin lymphoma

    Genetic defects lead to altered activity in other genes.

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  10. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Clear batteries, mucus busters, a 3-D invisibility cloak and more in this week's news.

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  11. Tech

    Cracked sewers bleed fecal germs

    Studies follow leaks into waterways and drinking supplies.

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  12. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Family ties in memory and breast cancer, plus diagnosing ancient deaths and more in this week’s news.

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