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  1. Chemistry

    Four newest elements on periodic table get names

    Four elements officially recognized in December, highlighted in yellow, now have names that honor Japan, Moscow, Tennessee and physicist Yuri Oganessian.

    By Emily Conover
  2. Life

    Obesity’s weight gain message starts in gut

    Acetate made by gut microbes stimulates weight gain, research in rodents suggests.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Anthropology

    Hobbit history gets new preface

    Jaw, tooth fossils put new spin on evolution of Homo floresiensis.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Life

    By leaking light, squid hides in plain sight

    Glass squid camouflage their eyes with wonderfully inefficient bioluminescence.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Astronomy

    Space-based probe passes tests for gravitational wave detection

    The LISA Pathfinder mission has demonstrated that future observatories in space could detect gravitational waves.