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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Health & Medicine

    News in brief: Body & Brain

    Baby's first bites make a big impression, and so do European biomedical journals, in this week's news.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Tired, sure, but is it from Lyme disease or chronic fatigue?

    A scan of proteins in spinal fluid reveals distinct signatures for these two conditions, offering hope for better diagnosis and possibly treatment.

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  3. Humans

    Mafia informants fail acid test

    Tests of sulfuric acid on pig carcasses cast doubts on Mafia claims of dissolving murder victims in a matter of minutes.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Cell phones may affect brain metabolism

    Activity increases near phones pressed to users' ears, a new study finds.

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  5. Humans

    Humans

    Subliminal messages can help fight phobias, plus more in this week’s news.

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  6. Tech

    Model copes with chaos to deliver relief

    A computer program can get supplies to disaster areas efficiently even when the transportation system is part of the problem.

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  7. Humans

    Justifying research, basic or otherwise

    A neuroscience panel at the annual AAAS meeting is asked to weigh in on the value of curiosity-driven, versus applied, investigations

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  8. Humans

    Some kids’ remorseless road to later conduct problems

    A callous, unemotional style in a small proportion of 7-year-olds heralds years of severe misconduct.

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  9. Psychology

    Bilingual babies cue in to languages

    Babies exposed to two native tongues gain an early advantage in recognizing different languages.

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  10. Humans

    Sweeps weak in human evolution

    Contrary to conventional wisdom, the rapid spread of beneficial mutations has been relatively rare in the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens, a new study shows.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    A high-fiber diet may prolong life, plus more in this week’s news.

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  12. Life

    Hibernation mystery

    Somehow overwintering bears slow their metabolic rates far more than their slightly decreased body temperatures would predict.

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