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Life

Pigment pas de deux puts stripes on zebrafish

Interactions between color-producing cells generate patterns on fish fins.

Cosmology

Filament of cosmic web set aglow

Astronomers say they have glimpsed a brightly lit strand of the cosmic web, the universe’s underlying structure

Neuroscience

Thinking hard weighs heavy on the brain

A balance measures the tiny changes in force due to blood flow behind a person's thoughts.

Anthropology

Skulls from ancient London suggest ritual decapitations

The city’s Roman rulers had special watery places to keep the heads of military enemies or vanquished gladiators.