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  1. Humans

    Iron Age goldsmith retooled

    An ancient warrior's tomb brings back jewelry making from 2,400 years ago.

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  2. Humans

    In-laws transformed early human society

    A study of today's hunter-gatherers finds marital relationships help spread a social fabric.

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Health & Medicine

    Digging into the roots of lupus

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