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  1. Neuroscience

    Signs of Alzheimer’s seen in young brain’s GPS cells

    Signs of Alzheimer’s can show up in the brain’s compass decades before symptoms strike.

    By Meghan Rosen
  2. Anthropology

    Plagues plagued the Bronze Age

    Ancient bacterial DNA provides first clues to Bronze Age plagues in Europe and Asia.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Animals

    How architecture can make ants better workers

    The right nest architecture can make harvester ants better at their job, new research shows.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Neuroscience

    Nets full of holes catch long-term memories

    Tough structures that swaddle nerve cells may store long-term memories.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Animals

    DNA trail leads to new spot for dog domestication

    A new study suggests that dogs were first domesticated in Central Asia.