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  1. Health & Medicine

    Common fungus may raise asthma risk

    The presence of a fungus in the infant gut can signal development of asthma by age 5.

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  2. Chemistry

    Helium’s inertness defied by high-pressure compound

    At pressures over a million atmospheres, helium reacts with sodium.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Ceres harbors homegrown organic compounds

    NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has detected organic matter — the building blocks of life — on the dwarf planet Ceres, a new study suggests.

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  4. Ecosystems

    Seagrasses boost ecosystem health by fighting bad bacteria

    Seagrasses might reduce bacteria levels in ocean water.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Gastric bypass controls diabetes long term better than other methods

    Bariatric surgery outperforms other weight-loss measures in the longest-term study yet of diabetes outcomes.