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  1. Life

    Emerging disease may wipe out common bat in the Northeast

    Hard-hit region could lose little brown myotis to white-nose syndrome within decades

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  2. Space

    All wet, or high and dry?

    The moon’s interior contains far less water than Earth’s, new studies of rocks collected by Apollo astronauts suggest.

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  3. Humans

    World of proteincraft

    Players compete to solve scientific puzzles in an online computer game.

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  4. Life

    Sponge genes surprise

    Genome reveals that the first animals had a complex tool kit.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Violent dreams may predict illness in advance

    A sleep disorder can precede neurodegenerative disease by decades.

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  6. Life

    Bullied booby chicks end up OK

    In a seabird nest, abuse by older siblings doesn’t hamper fitness.

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  7. Chemistry

    Receipts a large — and largely ignored — source of BPA

    A host of small studies raises a big alarm about exposure to a hormone-mimicking chemical.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Gut bacteria reflect dietary differences

    A comparison of African and European children concludes that high-fiber, low-fat diets cultivate healthier intestinal microflora.

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  9. Life

    Marine census still counting new life-forms

    The Gulf of Mexico ranked among the top five marine regions for number of known species.

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  10. Life

    Disabling cellular assassin prevents cancer

    A counterintuitive experiment may help explain why survivors are more vulnerable to other malignancies later in life.

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  11. Life

    For ducks, penis length depends on the other guys

    Male genitals grow longer with more competition from other males.

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  12. Space

    Dark matter eldorado

    Astronomers have discovered that a nearby galaxy has the highest density of dark matter of any galaxy known.

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