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  1. Life

    Eggs may be made throughout adulthood

    The discovery of stem cells in human ovaries suggests that women are not born with a lifetime’s supply of gametes.

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  2. Physics

    Loose cable blamed for speedy neutrinos

    In uncovering a technical flaw, physicists now know why an experimental result that couldn’t have been true wasn’t.

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  3. Life

    Bird flu less deadly, but more widespread, than official numbers suggest

    The H5N1 virus appears to have infected far more than the 573 officially confirmed victims.

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  4. Astronomy

    Distant planet an exotic water-world

    Orb is unlike anything in the solar system.