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  1. Among stars, heavyweight champ

    Stellar record-holder weighs in at 265 times mass of sun.

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  2. Paleontology

    Oldest dog debated

    A fossil jaw may, or may not, come from the oldest known example of man’s best friend.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Hole from on high

    Researchers discover a fresh meteorite impact crater using Google Earth.

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  4. Ecosystems

    Gut first

    A crawling caterpillar’s gut moves forward before the rest of its body does.

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  5. Animals

    Fearless tadpoles give invaders the edge

    Clueless larvae don’t heed the scent of nonnative turtles, giving newcomers an edge over native species, a European study finds.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Diet and behavior changes may slow Alzheimer’s

    A new study in dogs finds that antioxidants and enriched lifestyle can ward off symptoms, and suggests brain plaques may not be the cause of the disease.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Separating wheat from chaff in celiac disease

    Three partial proteins may trigger the T cell immune reactions that cause the symptoms of this intestinal ailment, new research shows.

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  8. Space

    Taming time travel

    New work is solving paradoxes by making the impossible impossible.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Taking some of the doubt out of IVF

    Testing shows that a complex array of factors can be used to calculate the probability of in vitro fertilization success better than just using woman’s age as a guidepost.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Gel shows promise against HIV

    Scientists have developed the first topical treatment that can prevent HIV infection among women.

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  11. Life

    Stuck in the past

    Reprogrammed stem cells retain molecular memories of their former identities, two new studies show.

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  12. Life

    This won’t hurt a bit

    A new technology delivers vaccines through a Band-Aid–like patch.

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