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  1. Neuroscience

    Signs of Alzheimer’s seen in young brain’s GPS cells

    Signs of Alzheimer’s can show up in the brain’s compass decades before symptoms strike.

    By Meghan Rosen
  2. Anthropology

    Plagues plagued the Bronze Age

    Ancient bacterial DNA provides first clues to Bronze Age plagues in Europe and Asia.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Paleontology

    Furry, spiky mammal scampered among dinosaurs

    Early Cretaceous fur ball with spikes discovered in Spain.

    By Helen Thompson
  4. Astronomy

    White dwarf upsets planetary system, consumes evidence

    Rocky planets are disintegrating around a white dwarf, the core of a dead star.

    By Christopher Crockett
  5. Animals

    For glowworms, the brightest girls get the guy

    Brighter female glowworms attract more mates and lay more eggs than their dimmer peers.