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  1. Humans

    What ancient mummies have to tell us about the perils of modern life

    Once you hit a certain age, visiting a doctor is basically a guilt trip. All that satisfying stuff you eat, drink or smoke is killing you, a white-coated overachiever tells you. You need to exercise and lose weight, or the grim reaper will be at your door long before you’re ready. And it will all […]

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  2. Space

    LHC detects asymmetry in particle’s decay

    While interesting, the imbalance in the decay of strange B mesons isn’t large enough to explain why matter predominates over antimatter in the universe.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    HIV vaccine trial stopped

    Shots-plus-booster strategy deemed ineffective in preventing infection.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Hookah smoking delivers carcinogens and carbon monoxide

    Water pipes deliver carcinogens, nicotine and carbon monoxide to the user, a study finds.

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  5. Life

    Signs of culture in whales and monkeys

    Mammals learn feeding behaviors from their friends and family members.

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  6. Life

    So far, the great tit has coped with climate change

    Earlier arrival of birds’ food due to warming temperatures hasn’t yet reduced bird population.

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  7. Humans

    Maya civilization’s roots may lie in ritual

    Cultural exchanges in southern Mexico and Guatemala tied to ancient society's rise.

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  8. Humans

    Web searches for money words anticipate market moves

    Dow drops follow weeks when more people search Google for ‘debt’ or ‘stocks.’

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  9. Space

    Comet’s water still hanging around on Jupiter

    Shoemaker-Levy 9 supplied almost all of aqueous part of the planet's upper atmosphere.

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  10. Life

    Birds may have had to crouch before they could fly

    Digital reconstructions of avian ancestors show a progressive redistribution of weight toward the front of the body.

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  11. Earth

    Early Earth’s chlorine blown away by giant impacts

    Low levels of chlorine on planet's surface have long puzzled scientists.

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  12. Life

    Mutation makes H5N1 flu lose its grip

    Laboratory-added genetic change makes avian influenza unable to bind to bird cells.

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