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  1. Life

    Controversial bird flu papers fly

    But research freeze holds.

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  2. Planetary Science

    Curiosity goes to Mars

    NASA’s rover looks for life-friendly environments.

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  3. Physics

    Higgs discovery helps make sense of matter

    Long-sought boson completes standard model of physics.

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  4. Astronomy

    Clutch of distant galaxies reveals the infant universe

    The Hubble telescope spies stars lighting up the cosmic dawn.

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  5. Science News Top 25

    Science News reviews the year in science with a compilation and analysis of the most fascinating stories reported in the magazine. Also highlighted are reader favorites, debunked science and the year's weirdest stories.

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  6. Humans

    What goes wrong when talks break down

    A nonlinear analysis explains how negotiations often turn on seemingly insignificant details.

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  7. Life

    News in brief: Fins to limbs with flip of genetic switch

    Boost of gene activity may help explain how arms and legs evolved in vertebrates.

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  8. Humans

    Pots bear oldest signs of cheese making

    Some of Europe’s first farmers created perforated vessels to separate curds from whey.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Brain stimulation alters depressive symptoms in mice

    The findings may point the way toward more targeted treatments for depression in people.

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  10. Life

    Feces study gets the poop on gorillas’ diet

    Chemical traces in animals’ droppings reflect shifts in recent food consumption.

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  11. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Healing broken hearts, tracing Romani migration using genes, and how insulin irregularities may be linked to obesity.

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  12. Math

    Maybe there’s a way to find out if reality is a computer simulation

    Randomness.

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