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  1. Earth

    Atlantic coast may be in for a pounding

    The above-average number and strength of hurricanes in the North Atlantic during the past 6 years may signal the beginning of a threatening weather trend for the United States, the Caribbean, and Central America.

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  2. Obscure brain chemicals draw new attention

    Long-dismissed brain chemicals called trace amines have receptors on human cells and may play a role in depression and schizophrenia.

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  3. Materials Science

    Environment’s stuck with nonstick coatings

    Some nonstick coatings such as Teflon break down at high temperatures into undesirable compounds that persist in the environment.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Ebola May Enter Cell via Folate Gate

    A cell-surface molecule that normally binds to folate might be targeted by Ebola and Marburg viruses as their entry point to people's cells.