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  1. Cosmology

    Slow, cold start to universe suggested

    By allowing particle masses to change, a new theory suggests how the universe could have arisen without a Big Bang.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Immunotherapy attacks aberrant cervical growth

    The treatment might stop cancers before they arise.

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  3. Humans

    Neandertal hot spots highlighted in modern humans’ DNA

    Mating with evolutionary cousins produced genetic trade-offs for Stone Age people.

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  4. Life

    A little acid or a tight squeeze can turn a cell stemlike

    Stresses send mouse cells into primordial state capable of making any tissue.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Famous brain surgery patient H.M.