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  1. Psychology

    Decision tree for soldiers could reduce civilian deaths

    A new, three-part decision formula may help soldiers save civilians’ lives.

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  2. Astronomy

    Young black holes evade detection

    Supermassive black holes should be growing in the first billion or so years after the Big Bang, but astronomers can’t find them.

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  3. Animals

    Power of pupils is in their shape

    Horizontally or vertically stretched pupils may provide predators and prey with visual advantages.

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  4. Genetics

    Ancestral humans had more DNA

    A new genetic diversity map marks where humans have gained and lost DNA.

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  5. Earth

    Nepal quake’s biggest shakes relatively spread out

    The seismic rumblings of the April 25 Nepal earthquake were mostly in low frequencies that are more likely to collapse large structures, new research suggests.