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  1. Earth

    Chile quake didn’t reduce risk

    During the large 2010 tremor, faults ruptured mainly outside the area due for a big one, leaving the region vulnerable to future events.

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  2. Humans

    Amoebas in drinking water: a double threat

    Analysis reveals widespread, hidden contamination by the sometimes lethal parasites.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Prosthetics that feel

    Re-creating a 'sense of touch' for prosthetic limbs may someday improve how people use them.

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  4. Physics

    Quantum pendulum trick explained

    Physicists explain why an object swings faster when immersed in a special ultracold liquid.

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  5. Life

    Pneumonia drugs helped evolve a superbug

    As told through DNA from historical samples, a deadly bacterium reveals how it developed the ability to evade antibiotics and a vaccine.