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  1. Health & Medicine

    Mixing Pokémon Go and driving isn’t safe

    Pokémon Go alters reality to driver’s detriment, a new study finds.

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  2. Archaeology

    Painting claimed to be among Australia’s oldest known rock art

    A painting on a cave’s ceiling may be one of Australia’s earliest examples of rock art, according to researchers who used an ancient wasps’ nest to date the art.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Maybe you don’t need to burp your baby

    Everybody does it. But burping babies after a meal may not cut down on crying or spit-ups, a study suggests.

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  4. Archaeology

    Oldest indigo-dyed fabric found

    South American society was first known to use complex dye process on fabrics.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Panel outlines research priorities for ‘Cancer Moonshot’

    Recommendations for President Barack Obama’s Cancer Moonshot include improved data sharing, focus on immunotherapy and commitment to patient engagement.

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  6. Neuroscience

    Brain training can alter opinions of faces

    Covert neural training could shift people’s opinions of faces.

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  7. Life

    Fossils hint at India’s crucial role in primate evolution

    Ancient fossils from coal mine in India offer clues to what the common ancestor of present-day primates might have looked like.

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  8. Genetics

    Genetic surgery is closer to reality

    A molecular scalpel called CRISPR/Cas9 has made gene editing possible.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Readers contemplate aging research

    Aging research, dino guts and Earth's quasisatellite in reader feedback.

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  10. Animals

    Bonobos adept at nut cracking

    Bonobos demonstrate their overlooked nut-cracking skills in an African sanctuary.

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  11. Humans

    Cognitive scientist puts profanity in its place

    Swearing provides unappreciated insights into human thought and language, a cognitive scientist argues in the new book What the F.

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  12. Animals

    Bonobos rival chimps at the art of cracking oil palm nuts

    Bonobos demonstrate their overlooked nut-cracking skills in an African sanctuary.

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