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  1. Health & Medicine

    New clues emerge on how foods spark anaphylaxis

    In two studies of mice, a molecule called leukotriene helped trigger food-induced anaphylaxis. A drug approved for asthma — zileuton — diminished it.

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  2. Planetary Science

    A giant planet may orbit our closest sunlike neighbor

    Alpha Centauri A, four light-years from Earth, may host a gas giant. If confirmed, no Earthlike planets orbit in the star’s habitable zone.

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  3. Archaeology

    This ancient Siberian ice mummy had a talented tattooist

    Researchers reconstructed a roughly 2,000-year-old woman’s tattoos, from prowling tigers to a fantastical griffinlike creature.

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  4. Archaeology

    7 stone tools might rewrite the timeline of hominid migration in Indonesia 

    Excavated implements suggest a Homo species arrived on Sulawesi over 1 million years ago, before a nearby island hosted hobbit ancestors.

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  5. Plants

    A newly discovered gene helped this moss defy gravity

    A gene called IBSH1 helped spreading earthmoss thrive at high gravity, hinting at how plants adapted to photosynthesize on land.

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  6. Genetics

    This snail may hold a secret to human eye regeneration

    Golden apple snails can regrow full, functional eyes. Studying their genes may reveal how to repair human eye injuries.

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  7. Plants

    These plants build ant condos that keep warring species apart 

    The unique architecture of some ball-like plants high in trees in Fiji lets violent ants live peacefully and feed the plant with valuable droppings.

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  8. Artificial Intelligence

    The U.S. government wants to go ‘all in’ on AI. There are big risks

    Government agencies are rapidly adopting AI, but experts warn the push may outpace privacy safeguards and leave data vulnerable to leaks and attacks.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    What is the best exercise to improve sleep?

    An analysis of 30 trials delivered a surprising twist: One exercise outperformed walking, resistance training and aerobic exercise in the treatment of sleep disorders such as insomnia.

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  10. Animals

    The mystery of melting sea stars may finally be solved 

    A bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida may be melting sea stars along North America’s Pacific coast.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Higher colon cancer rates may reflect earlier screening success

    The recommended age for starting colorectal cancer screening is now 45. That shift may explain a rise in early cases.

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  12. Astronomy

    Seven superclouds sit just beyond the solar system

    The superclouds probably produce star-forming clouds of gas, since most nearby stellar nurseries are located within the giants.

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