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  1. Genetics

    Here’s why wounds heal faster in the mouth than in other skin

    Wounds in the mouth heal speedily thanks to some master regulators of immune reactions.

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  2. Planetary Science

    Mars (probably) has a lake of liquid water

    A 15-year-old Mars orbiter has spotted signs of a salty lake beneath the Red Planet’s south polar ice sheets.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Lowering blood pressure may help the brain

    Aggressively treating high blood pressure had a modest positive effect on the development of an early form of memory loss.

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  4. Physics

    The Planck satellite’s picture of the infant universe gets its last tweaks

    Scientists have released the last big result from the cosmic microwave background experiment Planck.

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  5. Tech

    A new kind of spray is loaded with microscopic electronic sensors

    For the first time, researchers have built circuits on microscopic chips that can be mixed into an aerosol spray.

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  6. Oceans

    Shallow reef species may not find refuge in deeper water habitats

    Coral reefs in deep-water ecosystems may not make good homes for species from damaged shallow reefs.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    How a variation on Botox could be used to treat pain

    Drugs that incorporate modified botulinum toxin provide long-term pain relief, a study in mice finds.

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  8. Animals

    New ‘Poké Ball’ robot catches deep-sea critters without harming them

    A machine that gently catches and releases animals underwater could help researchers take a more detailed census of the deep sea.

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  9. Paleontology

    An ancient swimming revolution in the oceans may have never happened

    Swimmers may not have suddenly dominated the oceans during the Devonian Period after all: New analyses suggest they took over much more gradually.

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  10. Planetary Science

    Jupiter has 12 more moons than we knew about — and one is bizarre

    Astronomers found a dozen previously unknown moons of Jupiter, and one may be a remnant of a larger moon that was all but ground to dust.

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  11. Environment

    Wildfires are making extreme air pollution even worse in the northwest U.S.

    America’s air is getting cleaner — except in places that are prone to wildfires.

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  12. Neuroscience

    Pregnancy depression is on the rise, a survey suggests

    Women today may be at greater risk of depression during pregnancy than previous generations.

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