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  1. Space

    Today’s weather: thunder and antimatter beams

    Positrons appear to be common in terrestrial lightning storms.

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  2. Space

    New planet small but tough

    Astronomers have confirmed a rocky planet outside the solar system for the first time.

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  3. Humans

    Ancient farmers swiftly spread westward

    A sudden influx of Neolithic farmers in southern Europe led to agricultural practices still in play today.

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  4. Physics

    Quantum compass for birds

    Robins may use strange physics to migrate.

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  5. Life

    Aspens bust, diseased mice boom

    As trees decline, populations of rodents that carry the deadly sin nombre virus are on the rise.