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  1. Health & Medicine

    A Toxic Side of Weight Loss: Pollutants may slow body’s metabolism

    Weight loss releases toxic chemicals into the bloodstream, which may slow the body's metabolism.

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  2. Earth

    Sea Change: Carbon dioxide imperils marine ecosystems

    Almost half the carbon dioxide produced by human activity in the past 2 centuries is now dissolved in the oceans, resulting in chemical changes that, if unchecked, could threaten some marine ecosystems.

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  3. Female brains know how to fold ’em

    Women compensate for the smaller overall volume of their brains by squeezing more folds into some of the space than men do.

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  4. Tech

    Outer space on the cheap

    The first-ever private, manned space mission occurred on June 21.