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  1. Life

    Bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic appears in U.S.

    For the first time in the United States, scientists have reported a patient infected with a strain of bacteria carrying the gene mrc-1, making it resistant to the last-ditch antibiotic colistin.

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  2. Computing

    New technique produces real randomness

    A new technique makes it easier for computers to roll the dice.

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  3. Quantum Physics

    Schrödinger’s cat now dead and alive in two boxes at once

    The living-dead feline has been split in two, using a system of microwaves inside superconducting cavities.

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  4. Climate

    Climate-cooling aerosols can form from tree vapors

    Climate-cooling, cloud-seeding aerosols can form in the atmosphere without the sulfuric acid spewed from fossil fuel burning, new research suggests.