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  1. Life

    Female infidelity may violate goose-gander parity principle

    Female birds stray from their mates in part because of cheating genes from their philandering fathers, a zebra finch study suggests.

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  2. Humans

    Human mutation rate slower than thought

    First direct measurements show that the number of genetic typos inherited from each parent can be highly skewed toward either mom or dad.

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  3. Tech

    New technique spins superlong nanowires

    Made from any number of materials, fibers are millionths of a millimeter across and kilometers long.

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  4. Physics

    It lives and lases

    A glowing cell can produce laser light.