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  1. Chemistry

    Light-sensor pulls perplexing double duty

    A long-studied eye pigment appears to also detect temperature, a study in fruit flies shows.

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  2. Physics

    Tractor beams arrive two centuries early

    Trekkie devices that can pull instead of push have been developed by U.S. and Chinese physicists to move small objects.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Digging into the roots of lupus

    Two new studies implicate common white blood cells called neutrophils in this autoimmune disease.

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  4. Humans

    Missing bits of DNA may define humans

    Genetic information lost along the way may have led to bigger brains and spineless penises, among other traits.