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  1. Tech

    Trick of light makes microwave imaging simple

    Metamaterials and math combine to produce a quick, cheap system.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Flu shot during pregnancy is safe, but flu isn’t

    Illness in the mother nearly doubles the risk of a miscarriage or stillbirth in second or third trimester, a new study shows.

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  3. Psychology

    Depression gene search disappoints

    A comprehensive effort to find links between genetic variants and low mood comes up empty.

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  4. Space

    Stellar baby picture

    The newborn stars, not even a million years old, formed when regions of a cloud of cool dust and gas (visible at center left) collapsed from gravity.

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  5. Animals

    Finally, the truth about barnacle sex is revealed

    A genetic analysis shows that the sessile crustaceans can broadcast sperm in water, contrary to previous assumptions.

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  6. Life

    Genes tied to body mass set point

    Genes may help determine why some mice (and perhaps people) become obese when eating a sugar- and fat-laden diet.

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  7. Animals

    Integrative and Comparative Biology

    The hormonal roller coaster that is male pipefish pregancy and collision safety features for flying insects.

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  8. Earth

    Chemical tied to intergenerational obesity

    Mice ingesting the compound tributyltin pass effects to grandchildren.

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  9. Life

    Genes indicate Stone Age link between India and Australia

    Genetic evidence suggests some people migrated from India to Australia roughly 4,300 years ago.

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  10. Animals

    Claims of fairness in apes have critics crying foul

    A report that chimps divvy up rewards much as people do draws criticism.

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  11. Humans

    Cold spells were dark times in Eastern Europe

    Cooler periods coincided with conflicts and disease outbreaks, a tree-ring study spanning the last millennium finds.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Fast food linked to asthma risk

    A diet high in fast food seems to increase the risk of asthma in young children and adolescents, survey data from more than a half-million people finds.

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