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  1. Life

    Mice get brain boost from transplanted human tissue

    An experimental transplant of what have long been considered just support cells shows they may play a role in memory and learning.

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  2. Space

    No vacancy around stars

    The Milky Way’s planets pack tightly around their stars, according to simulations using data from the Kepler space telescope.

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  3. Physics

    Vortex gets tied in knots

    Physicists use 3-D printing and tiny bubbles to capture twisted-up water.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Immune cells chow down on living brain

    Microglia prune developing rat and monkey brains by eating neural stem cells.