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  1. Earth

    Global dimming may mitigate warming, but could hurt crop yields

    Injecting a veil of tiny particles into the atmosphere might reduce global warming, but it could also lower crop yields.

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  2. Life

    Nasty stomach viruses can travel in packs

    Contained clusters of rotavirus and norovirus caused more severe infections in mice than the same viruses working solo.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Zika may harm nearly 1 in 7 babies exposed to the virus in the womb

    A new CDC report tallies neurological and developmental problems, in addition to birth defects, possibly due to Zika in U.S. territory–born babies.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Football and hockey players aren’t doomed to suffer brain damage

    A comprehensive look at the brains and behavior of retired professional football players and retired hockey players finds no signs of early dementia.

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  5. Astronomy

    Astronomers saw the first mass eruption from a star that’s not the sun

    The first coronal mass ejection observed fleeing another star was as massive as scientists expected, but carried less energy.

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  6. Genetics

    The first detailed map of red foxes’ DNA may reveal domestication secrets

    Thanks to a newly deciphered genome of red foxes, researchers have pinpointed regions in the animals’ DNA linked to taming them.

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  7. Physics

    Strange metals are even weirder than scientists thought

    Some strange metals are odd in more ways than one, and that could help scientists understand high-temperature superconductors.

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  8. Astronomy

    Next to its solar twins, the sun stands out

    Our sun has subtly different chemistry from its peers, which may help pinpoint stars with systems like our own.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Scientists successfully transplant lab-grown lungs into pigs

    Pigs implanted with lab-grown lungs recovered from surgery with no breathing problems.

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  10. Genetics

    The ‘language gene’ didn’t give humans a big leg up in evolution

    Scientists have long debated the role of a gene called FOXP2 in recent human evolution.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Hurricane Maria’s death toll in Puerto Rico topped 1,100, a new study says

    According to data from the Puerto Rico vital statistics system, Hurricane Maria killed an estimated 1,139 people.

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  12. Anthropology

    Cremated remains reveal hints of who is buried at Stonehenge

    Ancient stone monument held burials of people from more than 200 kilometers away, a new study suggests.

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