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  1. Health & Medicine

    Fatty diet leads to fat-loving brain cells

    A study in mice links a high-fat diet to changes in the brain that might encourage weight gain.

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  2. Life

    Gene might help sponges see

    Scientists provide a glimpse at how multicellular organisms handle light.

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  3. Space

    Vesta seems more planet than asteroid

    Spacecraft explorations reveal a layered, beat-up celestial body.

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  4. Life

    Making mouse memories

    Neuroscientists create a synthetic recollection of fear in rodents.

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  5. Space

    Smallest planet yields big surprises

    Spacecraft images reveal Mercury has a complicated inside and an active geologic past.