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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Humans

    When meal times no longer focus on food

    There’s little doubt that humanity has been tipping the scales at increasingly higher weights and rates. A study now lends support to the idea that meal-time distractions can mask the cues that we really have eaten quite enough. Moreover, it finds, the caloric fallout of not paying attention to what we’re eating doesn’t necessarily end when a meal is over.

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  2. Humans

    Humans

    Researchers reveal how feeling physical pain helps people ease a guilty conscience, plus more in this week's news.

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  3. Life

    Aerobic exercise boosts memory

    Regular walking improved seniors' recall and reversed declines in the size of a brain structure important for remembering.

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  4. Humans

    Amoebas in drinking water: a double threat

    Analysis reveals widespread, hidden contamination by the sometimes lethal parasites.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Prosthetics that feel

    Re-creating a 'sense of touch' for prosthetic limbs may someday improve how people use them.

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  6. Humans

    Hints of earlier human exit from Africa

    New finds suggest surprisingly early migrations by Homo sapiens out of Africa through an oasis-studded Arabia.

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  7. Tech

    Pint-sized Princess Leia nearer reality

    Faster but fuzzier holographic 3-D teleconferencing debuts.

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  8. Humans

    Intel Science Talent Search picks top 40

    High school researchers to present original work in Washington, D.C.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Mass vaccination could slow cholera

    Immunizing people at the outset of an outbreak would limit the number of cases and deaths, an analysis finds.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    U.S. lags in life expectancy gains

    Among developed countries, Americans spend the most on health care even as they fall behind in extending longevity, a new study finds.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Sleep makes the memory

    Napping while reliving memories stabilizes people’s ability to recall them later.

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  12. Psychology

    Stage set early for success, or failure

    Youngsters who lack self-control tend to hurtle toward a harsh rendezvous with adulthood.

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