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  1. Health & Medicine

    Why emotions are attention-getters

    Strong, direct connections between two key brain centers help explain how feelings can usurp focus.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Life

    Bat-killing fungus is a European import

    Tracing the origins of the strain that causes white-nose syndrome in U.S. animals to Europe, scientists show that infection ups arousal rate during hibernation, depleting energy stores.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Earth

    Stop-and-go plate tectonics

    Early on, ancient crustal plates may have dived deep into the Earth, time and again, giving a halting start to the planetary remodeling process.

    By Alexandra Witze
  4. Health & Medicine

    Autism linked to obesity in pregnancy

    Association may spark research into a possible biological mechanism.