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  1. Space

    First portraits of Mercury from orbit

    MESSENGER spacecraft to capture more than 1,500 images in three days.

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  2. Life

    Wasps airlift annoying ants

    In a scrap over food, being big and able to fly is an advantage.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Worms live longer with thioflavin T

    A dye commonly used by Alzheimer’s disease researchers to spot misshapen proteins gives lab nematodes longer lives, scientists say.

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  4. Space

    First shot of Mercury from orbit

    MESSENGER has radioed to Earth a new look at the first rock from the sun.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    New brain cell growth restores function

    Regeneration in the hippocampus helps repair learning and memory after injury, mouse experiments suggest.