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  1. Life

    Women may make new eggs

    If true, finding could lead to new fertility treatments.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Zinc may help treat box jellyfish stings

    A zinc compound seems to counteract the deadly venom delivered by the sting of the Australian box jellyfish.

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  3. Science & Society

    Scientists take on Twitter

    Social media comes into its own as a tool and a subject for study.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Your social brain

    Nerve cells notice mistakes and learn from others’ desires.

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  5. Climate

    Climate change goes to extremes

    Some recent weird weather tied to warming.

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  6. Humans

    Bionic women (and men) get closer to reality

    Prosthetics and new therapies restore abilities to move, see, walk.

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  7. Life

    Controversial bird flu papers fly

    But research freeze holds.

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  8. Planetary Science

    Curiosity goes to Mars

    NASA’s rover looks for life-friendly environments.

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  9. Physics

    Higgs discovery helps make sense of matter

    Long-sought boson completes standard model of physics.

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  10. Astronomy

    Clutch of distant galaxies reveals the infant universe

    The Hubble telescope spies stars lighting up the cosmic dawn.

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  11. 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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  12. Humans

    What goes wrong when talks break down

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

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