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  1. Health & Medicine

    Eye movements confirm hypnosis

    A true trance can't be faked, research suggests.

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  2. Life

    Nearness key in microbe DNA swaps

    Close quarters, like those inside the human body, are the most important factor in determining how often bacteria pick up one another’s genes.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Brain gene activity changes through life

    Studies track biochemical patterns from just after conception to old age.

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  4. Humans

    Facebook value overstated, study finds

    Some estimates of the social networking site's worth appear to make impossible assumptions.

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  5. Psychology

    Digital bounty hunters unleashed

    Internet technique shows promise as fast way to mobilize huge problem-solving teams.