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  1. Computing

    Circling the square

    The scientist who scanned the first digital image aims to smooth the pixel.

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  2. Neutrino experiments sow seeds of possible revolution

    Recent results from two experiments that examine the behavior of neutrinos and anti-neutrinos hint at the possibility of a revolution in particle physics.

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  3. Archaeology

    Serbian site may have hosted first copper makers

    Newly identified remnants of copper smelting at a 7,000-year-old Serbian site fuel debate over where and when this practice began.

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  4. Psychology

    Social judgments take touching turns

    New evidence suggests that the sense of touch influences people’s willingness to drive a hard bargain or endorse a job candidate.

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  5. Blind mice see again

    Researchers use a bacterial gene to cure blindness in mice.

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  6. Earth

    Antarctic shoal breaks the ice

    Instruments on a massive berg help pinpoint a previously unreported undersea ridge.

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  7. Physics

    Memories made of light

    Physicists find a more efficient way to store quantum information in a crystal, a step towards super-secure quantum communications.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Snakes on the brain

    In a bizarre experiment, researchers delve into the neural roots of courage.

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  9. Life

    Vestigial no more

    Gene doppelgängers may help regulate their look-alikes.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Stopping platelets at the source

    An experimental treatment may prevent harmful clotting and less need for drugs that increase bleeding risk, a study in baboons shows.

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  11. Animals

    Climate change may favor couch-potato elk

    With drought and rising temperatures in Wyoming, migratory animals suffer while stay-at-home members of the same herd thrive

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  12. Life

    Baby’s first bacteria depend on birth route

    C-section newborns may harbor fewer helpful microbes than infants born vaginally.

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