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  1. Life

    Killer cells trained on leukemia may protect some people

    Immune system seems to remember cancer in people who've never had it, a new study suggests.

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  2. Neuroscience

    Some schemes to boost brainpower are too clever by half

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  3. Astronomy

    Don’t worry, be grumpy and take nature’s cycles in stride

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  4. Neuroscience

    Scented naps can dissipate fears

    People unlearned an odor's unpleasant accompaniment when they smelled it in their sleep.

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  5. Climate

    Slashing greenhouse gas emissions could save millions of lives

    Simulations suggest reduced air pollution would improve public health.

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  6. Life

    Protein injection triggers vessel repair

    Retina blood lines regrow when treated with angiopoietin-1, a new study suggests.

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  7. Environment

    Cool Idea

    While nations concede a pressing need for attacking carbon dioxide emissions, other pollutants offer quicker paybacks.

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  8. Space

    Exploring Earth’s alien spaces

    Nathalie Cabrol, a planetary geologist and astrobiologist at the SETI Institute’s Carl Sagan Center and NASA’s Ames Research Center, both in Mountain View, Calif., hunts for alien life.

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  9. Science & Society

    Feedback

    Readers respond to our stories 'Distracted Driving' and 'Ratio of a good life exposed as ‘nonsense’'

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  10. Math

    Thinking In Numbers

    On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math by Daniel Tammet.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Home births more risky than hospital deliveries

    Babies born at home are more likely to lack pulse after five minutes.

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  12. Animals

    Cat Sense

    How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet by John Bradshaw.

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