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  1. Health & Medicine

    Brain scan foretells who will fold under pressure

    Tests on high-stakes math problems reveal key regions of brain activity linked to choking under pressure.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Chemistry

    For truffle aroma, it’s not all about location

    Genes, not environment, play a key role in the prized fungus’s scent.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Life

    Pesticide-dosed bees lose future royalty, way home

    Unusual field tests reveal how common insecticides, even at nonfatal doses, can erode colonies and threaten the future of bumblebees and honeybees.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Chemistry

    Life’s building blocks grow close to home

    Chemical reactions in the early solar system create complex organic molecules.