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  1. Psychology

    Don’t blame winter for that bleak mood

    Contrary to popular opinion, depression doesn’t spike in winter, survey finds.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Tech

    ‘Rise of the Robots’ chronicles race to build disaster-relief bots

    NOVA’s “Rise of the Robots” lays out the difficulties of making humanoid robots that can help out in disasters.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Tech

    Pill measures gut gas

    A gas-sensing ingestible capsule tested in pigs could someday help doctors assess people’s gastrointestinal health.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  4. Animals

    White-tailed deer have their own form of malaria

    The otherwise well-studied white-tailed deer turns out to carry the first malaria parasite discovered in any deer.