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  1. Astronomy

    Giant celestial disk hard to explain

    A star's oversized debris ring challenges theories of planet formation.

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  2. Life

    Chicks do worse in noisy nests

    Baby bluebirds, and their parents, appear to have trouble communicating over the racket made by nearby humans.

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  3. Humans

    Color this chimp amazing

    An extra layer of sensory perception called synesthesia might help ape make a monkey of humans on memory tests.

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  4. Earth

    Linking magma to quakes

    Rock crystals reveal pulses of underground activity.

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  5. Earth

    13th century volcano mystery may be solved

    Indonesian volcano may be the culprit in the biggest eruption of the last seven millennia.