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  1. Physics

    No player can return this killer shot. Physics explains how it works

    Squash’s killer “nick shot” has a formula. It’s all about height and timing, a new study shows.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Mailed self-sample kits boosted cervical cancer screening

    People who are uninsured or part of a minority racial or ethnic group are underscreened for cervical cancer. Mailing them a self-sample kit may help.

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  3. Paleontology

    Zombifying fungi have been infecting insects for 99 million years

    Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.

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  4. Chemistry

    Modified bacteria convert plastic waste into pain reliever

    With genetic tweaks, E.