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  1. Space

    Longer cosmic ruler based on black holes

    A new method promises to improve the precision of extreme astronomical distance measurements.

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  2. Psychology

    Teen daters pal up to the bottle

    Buddies of boyfriends and girlfriends push teens toward or away from booze.

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  3. Physics

    Sweet beams: Lasers to measure blood sugar

    Cutting-edge use of light might someday prove useful in gauging diabetics’ glucose levels.

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  4. Space

    Messenger from Mercury

    NASA orbiter returns images of odd landforms on the solar system's innermost planet.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    The mind’s eye revealed

    A new technology uses brain scans to see what a person is watching.