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  1. Earth

    The Arctic was once warmer, covered by trees

    Pliocene epoch featured greenhouse gas levels similar to today's but with higher average temperatures.

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  2. Animals

    Malaria mosquito dosed with disease-fighting bacteria

    After thousands of tries, lab gets parasite-carrying insect to catch Wolbachia.

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  3. Psychology

    Brain training technique gets a critique

    In a new study, a popular style of memory workout leaves reasoning and mental agility flat.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Black women may have highest multiple sclerosis rates

    Large study counters common assumption that whites get MS more.

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  5. Humans

    Europe is one big family

    Continent's ancestry merges about 30 generations ago, genetic study finds

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  6. Space

    Atom’s core gets pear-shaped

    Tapering asymmetry of some nuclei confirms predictions.