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  1. Neuroscience

    Brain’s physical structure may help guide its wiring

    The brain’s stiffness helps dictate how nerve cells grow, a study suggests.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Mixing Pokémon Go and driving isn’t safe

    Pokémon Go alters reality to driver’s detriment, a new study finds.

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  3. Archaeology

    Painting claimed to be among Australia’s oldest known rock art

    A painting on a cave’s ceiling may be one of Australia’s earliest examples of rock art, according to researchers who used an ancient wasps’ nest to date the art.

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  4. Animals

    Frog-hunting bats have ‘cocktail party effect’ workaround

    Test with robotic frogs finds bats that hunt amphibians switch their attention to other clues if outside noise masks the mating chorus.