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  1. Humans

    H5N1 influenza research moratorium ends

    Scientists lift self-imposed moratorium on research that would make avian flu transmissible among humans.

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  2. Life

    Starchy diet may have transformed wolves to dogs

    Gaining the ability to digest carbohydrates may have been an important step in domesticating dogs.

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  3. Tech

    DNA stores poems, a photo and a speech

    The molecule swaps its biological role for a computational one, that of long-term data storage.

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  4. Earth

    Watering fields in California boosts rainfall in Southwest

    Irrigation has downstream effects on climate and runoff to Colorado River.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Half of U.S.