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Life

The lion eats tonight …

Attacks on humans peak after a full moon, when feline bellies tend to rumble.

Health & Medicine

Something in the air may cause lung damage in troops

Unexplained breathing problems in soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan come from deposits that damage tiny passages in the lungs.

Life

Shuffling the genetic deck

Scientists map places where chromosomes mix and match genes.

Physics

Quantum theory gets physical

New work finds a physical basis for quantum mechanics.

Space

Dawn on Vesta

New image from NASA asteroid mission reveals a relic of the early solar system.