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  1. 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.

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  2. Space

    Diet of a dying star

    Astronomers pinpoint what feeds a type of stellar explosion.

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  3. Psychology

    Big score for the hot hand

    Hot hands exist in professional volleyball and influence game strategy.

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  4. Earth

    Small efforts to reduce methane, soot could have big effect

    Simple measures could slow global warming and reduce premature deaths.

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  5. Tech

    Twitter kept up with Haiti cholera outbreak

    Epidemiologists find that social media can be used to track disease outbreaks as they happen, even in countries with little infrastructure.