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  1. Humans

    No, shaken baby syndrome has not been discredited

    Defense lawyers have called shaken baby syndrome, or abusive head trauma, junk science. But doctors say shaking a baby is dangerous.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Protein signatures may one day tell brain diseases apart before symptoms

    Blood tests could pave the way for distinguishing between Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and some dementias, aiding early treatment for brain diseases.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Organ age, not just your birthday, may determine your health risks

    Blood proteins that reveal some organs age faster than others — and that may predict disease and lifespan.

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  4. Chemistry

    Gut microbes may flush ‘forever chemicals’ from the body

    Experiments in mice show that some gut bacteria can absorb toxic PFAS chemicals, allowing animals to expel them through feces.

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  5. Animals

    Greenland sled dog DNA is a window into the Arctic’s archaeological past

    A genomic analysis of Greenland’s Qimmeq dogs suggest they and their human partners arrived on the island centuries earlier than previously thought.

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  6. Animals

    As bird flu evolves, keeping it out of farm flocks is getting harder

    New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    These 5 nutrients might be lacking in your diet

    U.S. diets should include more of vitamins D and E, fiber, calcium and magnesium — all are essential nutrients that could offer health benefits.

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  8. Anthropology

    A drowned landscape held clues to the lives of ancient human relatives

    The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Chronic low back pain may be less likely if you walk – a lot

    Adults who walked more than 100 minutes per day were less likely to have chronic low back pain than those who walked fewer than 78 minutes per day.

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