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  1. Psychology

    Babies lip-read before talking

    Tots acquire the gift of gab by matching adults’ mouth movements to spoken words.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Life

    Rising carbon dioxide confuses brain signaling in fish

    Nerve cells respond to acidifying waters.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Physics

    String theorists squeeze nine dimensions into three

    A supercomputer simulation of the Big Bang’s immediate aftermath may explain why space has three directions.

    By Devin Powell
  4. Space

    Diet of a dying star

    Astronomers pinpoint what feeds a type of stellar explosion.

    By Nadia Drake
  5. Psychology

    Big score for the hot hand

    Hot hands exist in professional volleyball and influence game strategy.