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  1. BOOK REVIEW: Games Primates Play: An Undercover Investigation of the Evolution and Economics of Human Relationships by Dario Maestripieri

    Review by Bruce Bower.

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  2. Another Side to Statins

    Heart-healthy drugs show promise against inflammation, cancer and the flu.

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  3. Rock, Rattle and Roll

    Planetary scientists seek to fill in gaps in outer solar system’s formative years.

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  4. Aliens in Antarctica

    Visitors carry unwelcome species into a once pristine environment.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Neighborhood linked to obesity

    Children living in areas that lack walking-distance parks and supermarkets are more prone to put on weight, new studies find.

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  6. Life

    Polar bears older than previously thought

    New analysis reveals that the Arctic species dates back to about 600,000 years ago.

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  7. Chemistry

    Synthetic heredity molecules emulate DNA

    Scientists have created six XNAs that, like the genetic building blocks they mimic, can store and pass on hereditary information.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Attention tunes the mind’s ear

    Brain activity shows how one voice pattern stands out from the crowd.

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  9. Space

    Hunt for cosmic ray source falls short

    After failure to detect neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts, scientists might need to revise theories.

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  10. Life

    See, blind mice

    Transplants of light-gathering cells restore night vision in rodents.

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  11. Life

    Engineering better hair transplants

    Cell-based approach to new follicles takes hold in skin.

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  12. Life

    Daytime anesthesia gives bees jet lag

    Honeybees, as stand-ins for surgery patients, show drug’s aftereffects as biorhythms get out sync.

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