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  1. Verbal Brains: Neural word paths take a mature turn

    A new brain-scan study indicates that the pattern of brain responses associated with word knowledge in adults has not fully matured by age 10.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Look Ma, Too Much Soy: Hormone in infant food reduces immunity in mice

    Large doses of the estrogenlike hormones that occur naturally in soybeans weaken the immune systems of mice.

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  3. Better Mosquito: Transgenic versions spread less malaria

    Genetic engineers for the first time have made a mosquito that's wonderfully bad at transmitting malaria.

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  4. Materials Science

    Beyond Jell-O: New ideas gel in the lab

    Researchers have created a new class of hydrogels that might prove useful in tissue engineering, drug delivery, and other biomedical applications.