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  1. Earth

    Kilauea: 20 years on, it’s still erupting

    As of Jan. 3, Kilauea—Hawaii’s Energizer Bunny of volcanic activity—has been erupting continuously for two decades.

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  2. Chemistry

    Sea bacteria may be new anticancer resource

    Researchers examining deep-sea sediments have uncovered a large source of previously unknown bacteria that appear to produce disease-fighting chemicals.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    As population ages, flu takes deadly turn

    The annual U.S. toll of influenza has risen dramatically since the late 1970s, in part because of the advancing age of the population.

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  4. Planetary Science

    New moons for Neptune?

    Astronomers say they have discovered three additional moons circling Neptune.