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  1. Earth

    Pollution may be strengthening Asian cyclones

    Sooty brown clouds may underlie the recent emergence of mega-storms striking from India to the Middle East.

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  2. Life

    Axing molecular zombies may slow aging

    Killing off dormant cells slows the decline of mice genetically engineered to grow old fast.

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  3. Humans

    Humans’ entry into Europe pushed earlier

    Homo sapiens fossils from Italy and England point to an early arrival and a longer time living alongside Neandertals.

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  4. Physics

    The sound of screech

    Auditory experts decipher the blood-curdling nature of fingernails on a chalkboard.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Eye movements confirm hypnosis

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