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  1. Astronomy

    X-ray study: Energy from a black hole?

    Astronomers claim that for the first time, they've observed energy extracted from a black hole, or more precisely, from the tornadolike swirl of surrounding space that a spinning black hole drags along with it.

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  2. Disabilities develop as family affair

    A long-term study uncovered family factors that influence the mental development of children with biologically based disabilities, as well as evidence of increasing stress among parents as their kids with disabilities approach adolescence.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Puffer Fish Genomes Swim into View

    The tightly packed genomes of two puffer fish species have been deciphered.

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  4. Earth

    How polluted is a preschooler’s world?

    Preliminary data from a new study show that children may ingest traces of atrazine, a common herbicide, in their drinking water.