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  1. Physics

    A ‘ringing’ black hole matches scientists’ predictions

    Gravitational waves emitted after two black holes coalesced agree with theories from physicists Stephen Hawking and Roy Kerr.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    The brain preserves maps of missing hands for years

    Countering the idea of large-scale rewiring, women whose hands were removed retained durable brain activity patterns linked to their missing fingers.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Chemicals in marijuana may affect women’s fertility

    THC in marijuana may help eggs become ready for fertilization. But this may come at the cost of more eggs with wrong numbers of chromosomes.

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  4. Planetary Science

    Seismic waves suggest Mars has a solid heart

    NASA’s InSight lander listened to Marsquakes for four years.