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  1. Space

    First Earth-sized planets netted

    The Kepler space telescope gets one step closer to its mission of discovering habitable worlds by finding two orbs of terrestrial proportions orbiting a distant sunlike star.

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  2. Humans

    Fewer fires in Africa these days

    How flames spread, not how frequently people start them, controls burning on the continent.

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  3. Life

    BPA sends false signals to female hearts

    The ingredient of some plastics and food packaging can interfere with cardiac rhythm at surprisingly low concentrations.

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  4. Earth

    Glacial breakdown

    Greenland's Helheim Glacier is shedding ice at a high rate.

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  5. Humans

    Smells like a bear raid

    Analysis of stock trading data suggests an effort to manipulate the market in 2007.