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  1. Astronomy

    The alien next door

    Newly discovered planet is just 4.4 light-years distant.

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  2. Environment

    Elevated carbon dioxide may impair reasoning

    Insufficient ventilation allows exhaled gas to build up indoors, diminishing decision-making abilities.

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  3. Math

    Living longer comes easier

    Human longevity is largely a modern phenomenon.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Teens can keep their cool to win rewards

    An unexpected experimental result suggests adolescent impulsivity is not inevitable.

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  5. Physics

    Supersolidity loses its luster

    Bizarre quantum state may not exist after all, new experiments suggest.

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  6. Planetary Science

    Scientists probe fresh Martian meteorite 

    Rock holds clues to Red Planet’s atmosphere and surface conditions.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Tomato compound might prevent some strokes

    Men with high blood concentrations of lycopene are less vulnerable, a study finds.

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  8. Life

    Thyroid in a dish

    Stem cells assemble themselves into a working gland.

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  9. Animals

    Early arthropod had a fancy brain

    A 520-million-year-old fossil of a segmented animal shows that sophisticated central nervous systems are surprisingly ancient.

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  10. Chemistry

    Depths hold clues to dearth of xenon in air

    The gas doesn’t dissolve well in minerals deep inside Earth, a discovery that may explain why it’s also scarce in the atmosphere.

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  11. Life

    Research in cell communication system wins 2012 chemistry Nobel

    G protein-coupled receptors relay messages from other cells and the environment into the cell's interior.

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  12. Tech

    Cancer cells executed by magnet

    Metal nanoparticles trigger cell's own death machinery.

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