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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Health & Medicine

    Body shape may affect mental acuity

    Among women 65 to 79, big apples performed better than plump pears on tests of memory and reasoning.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Antiaging protein also boosts learning and memory

    An antiaging molecule also helps keep the mind sharp.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Proteins last longer in the brain

    A study in mice could lead to a better understanding of aging, Alzheimer’s and other degenerative processes.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Critics point to flaws in longevity study

    BLOG: A study showing a genetic basis for exceptionally long life in humans has come under fire from critics.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Newly discovered antibodies may boost AIDS vaccine research

    Inducing production of these potent HIV neutralizers will pose a challenge.

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  6. Life

    Fertilizing future brain cells

    A new compound helps newborn neurons grow up.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Fish oil may fight breast cancer

    Other popular dietary supplements fail to show protection, a large study shows.

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  8. Earth

    Africa’s bumper crop of dust

    Seafloor sediments show that agriculture has greatly boosted airborne dust in the last two centuries.

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  9. Psychology

    Ancient hominids grabbed early northern exposure

    Newly recovered stone tools indicate that hominids lived in chilly northwestern Europe more than 800,000 years ago.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Protein regulator shows promise against addiction

    Elevating levels of a tiny molecule in rats’ brains blunted the animals’ cocaine use.

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  11. Psychology

    Voter madness

    Sports outcomes can influence politicians’ performance at the polls.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine for Marburg virus passes monkey test

    Tests suggest that the lethal hemorrhagic virus can be stopped if countered soon after exposure.

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