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Psychology

Geometric minds skip school

Villagers' understanding of lines and triangles raises questions about how people learn the properties of objects in space.

Life

Suspect bacterium may trigger Parkinson’s

A study in mice shows that H. pylori, the microbe that causes stomach ulcers, may also affect the brain.

Chemistry

Molecules/Matter & Energy

Finding materials harder than diamond, plus spintronic devices, wrinkle physics and more in this week's news.

Earth

Earth/Environment

Earth’s iron heart can melt, plus Atlantic weather and more ice thinning in this week’s news.

Physics

Rogue waves captured

Re-creating tiny versions of these monster swells in a laboratory tank reveals their mathematical underpinnings.