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  1. Health & Medicine

    Fractals can catch cancer

    Analyzing shapes of cell borders may prove useful in cancer diagnosis.

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  2. Astronomy

    Tiny sphere bends light like a black hole does

    Previously seen at the megascale, gravitational lensing goes micro.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Good bacteria from poop stop resistant infection

    Pills fashioned from beneficial microbes in feces overcome C. difficile infections.

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  4. Life

    Blocking a hormone helps mice beat lengthy jet lag

    A timekeeping brain molecule steadies the beat of the circadian clock, while stopping it allows for a quick reset.

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  5. Genetics

    Cancer variants found in ‘neglected’ region of genome

    Mutations outside of genes associated with disease in study using data from a thousand people.