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  1. Earth

    Chemical tied to intergenerational obesity

    Mice ingesting the compound tributyltin pass effects to grandchildren.

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  2. Life

    Genes indicate Stone Age link between India and Australia

    Genetic evidence suggests some people migrated from India to Australia roughly 4,300 years ago.

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  3. Animals

    Claims of fairness in apes have critics crying foul

    A report that chimps divvy up rewards much as people do draws criticism.

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  4. Humans

    Cold spells were dark times in Eastern Europe

    Cooler periods coincided with conflicts and disease outbreaks, a tree-ring study spanning the last millennium finds.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Fast food linked to asthma risk

    A diet high in fast food seems to increase the risk of asthma in young children and adolescents, survey data from more than a half-million people finds.