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  1. Environment

    Latest BPA replacement seeps into people’s blood and urine

    Replacements for BPA called BPS and BPSIP may raise health risks for cashiers.

    By Beth Mole
  2. Astronomy

    First known exoplanets have few counterparts

    The first known exoplanets were discovered around pulsars — probably one of the least likely places to have been found, astronomers now say.

    By Christopher Crockett
  3. Animals

    Same math describes relationship between diverse predators and prey

    From lions to plankton, predators have about the same relationship to the amount of prey, a big-scale ecology study predicts.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Health & Medicine

    How farm life can prevent allergies

    Farm dust prevents allergies by turning on an anti-inflammatory enzyme in the cells lining mice’s lungs.

    By Meghan Rosen
  5. Anthropology

    Ancient pottery maps route to South Pacific

    New Guinea pottery points to a key meeting of island natives and seafarers at least 3,000 years ago.

    By Bruce Bower
  6. Life

    Unhelpful adaptations can speed up evolution

    Unhelpful changes in gene activity stimulate natural selection.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Materials Science

    Nanogenerators harvest body’s energy to power devices

    Nanogenerators offer body-harvested energy to fuel bionic future

    By Beth Mole
  8. Astronomy

    Nearby quasar may be home to dynamic duo

    A pair of black holes left over from a galaxy collision might live in the nearest quasar to Earth.

    By Christopher Crockett
  9. Earth

    Volcanic activity convicted in Permian extinction

    Precision dating confirms that Siberian volcanic eruptions could have triggered the Permian extinction.

    By Thomas Sumner
  10. Quantum Physics

    New experiment verifies quantum spookiness

    A new experiment provides the most robust proof that quantum mechanics doesn’t follow the rules we take for granted in everyday life.

    By Andrew Grant
  11. Animals

    Decoy switches frogs’ mating call preference

    A female túngara frog may switch her choice between two prospective mates when presented with a third, least attractive option.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  12. Health & Medicine

    Vaccinated man excretes live poliovirus for nearly 3 decades

    For almost 30 years, a man with an immune deficiency has been shedding poliovirus strains that have evolved from the version he received in a vaccine.

    By Sarah Schwartz
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