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  1. Health & Medicine

    Sleep apnea could signal greater danger

    The nighttime breathing disorder called obstructive sleep apnea might double a person's risk of death or stroke.

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  2. Astronomy

    Images of a fiery youth

    A faint, infrared glow captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope might be light from the universe's first stars.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Novel Approach: Cancer drug might ease scleroderma

    The chemotherapy drug paclitaxel, when given to mice, shows signs of impeding the skin disease scleroderma.

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  4. Earth

    Global Wetting and Drying: Regions face opposing prospects for water supply

    In the next half century, rivers and streams in some parts of the world will diminish in flow, while waterways elsewhere rise in output, according to a new analysis of climate simulations.