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  1. Paleontology

    Acidifying oceans helped fuel mass extinction

    The great die-off 250 million years ago could trace in part to hostile water conditions, a modeling study suggests.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Obesity can turn body fat toxic

    Excess blubber below the skin can trigger inflammation, possibly increasing risk of disease.

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  3. Physics

    A lighter Higgs, but chase continues

    Target narrows after LHC experiments suggest a new lower estimated mass for the elusive particle.

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  4. Life

    Woolly rhinos came down from the cold

    Ice Age icons were already adapted to harsh climate, new fossils suggest.

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  5. Humans

    Oldest hand axes found

    Homo erectus may have made both advanced and simple tools 1.76