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  1. Health & Medicine

    U.S. breast-feeding rates up

    Between 2000 and 2008, the fraction of women breast-feeding babies increased, as did the fraction breast-feeding for a year.

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  2. Humans

    In research, it matters whether you’re a man or a mouse

    A study that compares trauma responses of mice with those in people questions the relevance of mouse research to human disease.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    A pox upon cancer

    Retooling a virus extends survival in terminal patients.

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  4. Science & Society

    In Hollywood, buzz beats star power when it comes to predicting box office take

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  5. Life

    Ancestors of today’s placental mammals may never have shared the Earth with dinosaurs

    A newly constructed family tree dovetails with the fossil record, but differs considerably from previous genetic studies by suggesting that placental mammals emerged after the dinosaur extinction.