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  1. Neuroscience

    Ultrasound attacks Alzheimer’s plaques

    A new study offers clues to how ultrasound may work as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

    By Ashley Yeager
  2. Paleontology

    How arthropods got their legs

    New fossils reveal how arthropods evolved branching limbs.

    By Kate Baggaley
  3. Life

    Chickens to blame for spread of latest deadly bird flu

    Chickens are responsible for the second wave of H7N9 bird flu in China.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Planetary Science

    Something’s cooking on Enceladus

    A trail of silicon-rich particles in one of the rings of Saturn points to possible hydrothermal activity on Enceladus.

    By Christopher Crockett
  5. Computing

    Concerns about drones, how to hunt exoplanets and more reader feedback

    Readers discuss the potential impacts of human-made fliers and muse about the advantages a poker-playing computer program has over human opponents.