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  1. Astronomy

    Faint body may be galaxy building block

    Using a cosmic zoom lens, astronomers may have found one of the first building blocks of a galaxy in the universe.

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  2. Animals

    Poison birds copy ‘don’t touch’ feathers

    A subspecies of one of New Guinea's poisonous pitohui birds may be mimicking a toxic neighbor, according to a new genetic analysis.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Aging cells may promote tumors nearby

    Cells that enter a state called senescence in older individuals may stimulate nearby cells to become tumors.

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  4. Gene change speaks to language malady

    Researchers have identified a genetic mutation that may lie at the root of a severe speech and language disorder observed across four generations of a British family.