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  1. Neuroscience

    Brain activity helps build an alpha male

    In mice, nerve cells in the prefrontal cortex influence whether an individual is dominant or submissive.

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  2. Earth

    Delaware-sized iceberg breaks off Antarctic ice shelf

    An iceberg about the size of Delaware splintered from the Larsen C ice shelf in one of the largest calving events ever recorded.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    The fight against gonorrhea gets a potential new weapon: a vaccine

    A vaccine used in New Zealand to curb meningitis also appeared to drop gonorrhea infections, results that hint at a way to make a gonorrhea vaccine.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Just one night of poor sleep can boost Alzheimer’s proteins

    Deep sleep may prevent the buildup of Alzheimer’s proteins.