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The Hot and Cold of Priming
Psychologists are divided on whether unnoticed cues can influence behavior.
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Traces of Inaugural Life
Geologists, biologists join forces to tell new stories about the first cells on Earth.
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Secret of a Lifetime
How long a neutron lives holds clues to the cosmos.
- Psychology
When good moods go decisively bad
Positive feelings may lead seniors to weigh fewer options and make poorer choices in some situations.
- Humans
Crime numbers may mislead
Criminologists argue that city safety rankings should consider underreporting and other sources of error in compiling statistics.
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- Earth
Study keeps pace with Greenland glaciers
Herky-jerky motion of the island’s ice suggests that melting ice is unlikely to contribute to dramatic sea level rise this century, but the news isn’t all good.
- Astronomy
A star is torn
A black hole’s stellar feast is witnessed by telescopes on Earth and in orbit.
- Astronomy
Ancient scribes may have banked on blinking binary
For the Egyptians, luck may have been written in the Demon Star.
- Health & Medicine
Protein tweak may trigger Alzheimer’s
An unusual version of the disease-linked amyloid-beta molecule sows destruction in mouse brains.
- Life
Controversial flu research published
One of two papers detailing airborne H5N1 experiments is released.
