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  1. Life

    No new smell cells

    Other mammals constantly create new olfactory neurons as they learn new smells, but a new study suggests humans don’t.

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  2. Planetary Science

    Frosted honeycomb of a moon

    New analyses of Cassini images reveal ice on the pockmarked Saturnian satellite Hyperion.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Thou can’t not covet

    Wanting what others have may be hardwired in the brain, experiments suggest.

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  4. Space

    Evening star goes black in rare celestial event

    Astronomers position themselves to capture crucial measurements as the planet passes across the face of the sun.

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  5. Tech

    Imperfect chip pretty darn good

    Faster, smaller and more efficient, processors with that cut corners can still be good for some applications.