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  1. Life

    Sleep loss affects gene activity

    Losing zzz’s shifts workings of more than 700 genes.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Health & Medicine

    Mouse brain cells live long and prosper

    Mouse neurons live twice as long as usual when transplanted into rat brain, suggesting that brain deterioration may not necessarily accompany long life.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Earth

    Nutrients matter in tropical forests

    Soil nutrients and rainfall predict tree species range in Panama’s tropical forests.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Health & Medicine

    Tracing pollution links to asthma, allergy

    Excessive exposure to air high in diesel exhaust and wood smoke is tied to disabled immune-regulating cells in children.