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  1. Planetary Science

    Comets carried noble gases to Earth

    Asteroids might have delivered water to Earth, but comets could be responsible for noble gases and amino acids, a new study suggests.

    By Christopher Crockett
  2. Math

    Mathematicians find a peculiar pattern in primes

    Consecutive prime numbers don’t behave as randomly as mathematicians assumed.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Humans

    Pacific islanders got a double whammy of Stone Age DNA

    Neandertal and Denisovan genes influence the health of present-day Melanesians.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Neuroscience

    Lost memories retrieved for mice with signs of Alzheimer’s

    Using light, scientists coaxed a forgotten memory from the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s-like symptoms.