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  1. Oceans

    Synthetic lint ends up in oceans

    Microplastics from clothes and other consumer products evade sewage treatment and end up on beaches, studies find.

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  2. Life

    A new way to breach the blood-brain barrier

    Researchers working with rodents have found a drug that can temporarily open a door for treatments.

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  3. Space

    Planet search finds lots of little guys

    The latest collection of extrasolar bodies to be revealed is rich in worlds not much bigger than Earth.

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  4. Earth

    Nature’s crystal palace

    Slow-growing crystals formed over thousands of years in Mexico cave.

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  5. Space

    Hints of dark matter reported, again

    European experiment sees some evidence for a heretofore unseen component of the universe.