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  1. Health & Medicine

    HIV-related viruses still cross species line

    Various potentially dangerous strains of simian immunodeficiency virus exist in wild primates in Africa and are still being spread among people who hunt the animals for meat.

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  2. Physics

    Force from empty space drives a machine

    A novel micromachine uses quantum fluctuations of empty space to help drive its motion.

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  3. Infection divides two wasp species

    Two tiny wasp species provide the best evidence yet that infection by Wolbachia bacteria can play a role in forming species.

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  4. Astronomy

    Old stars reveal universe’s minimum age

    Using a technique more precise than ever before, an international team of researchers has estimated the age of the universe to be at least 12.5