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  1. Health & Medicine

    Vitamin E, diabetes drug may reverse fatty liver disease

    Test results in obese people suggest these two treatments may work against cirrhosis precursor.

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  2. Space

    Frozen asteroid

    Scientists publish two new studies showing evidence of ice on object in asteroid belt.

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  3. Paleontology

    Dinos molted for a new look

    In one species, adolescents appear to have sprouted a new type of feathers as they matured.

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  4. Materials Science

    Infection, kill thyself

    Scientists devise wound dressings that trick bacteria into suicide.

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  5. Humans

    Vision gets better with the right mind-set

    Volunteers’ eyesight improved when they believed that they could see particularly well.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Body makes its own morphine

    A study in mice suggests other mammals, including humans, can produce the painkiller in their bodies.

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  7. Animals

    Chimps may be aware of others’ deaths

    Reactions of chimps to dead companions and infants suggest a basic realization of what death entails.

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  8. Life

    Paradox of dining in deep, wet mud

    A bonanza of food doesn’t necessarily result in biodiversity among deep sediment dwellers off California’s coast.

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  9. Space

    Life in the sticky lane

    Tropical asphalt lake could be analog for extraterrestrial microbial habitat.

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  10. Astronomy

    Hubble’s new instant classic

    NASA has released a stunning image of a nearby star-forming region to celebrate the telescope's 20th birthday.

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  11. Earth

    Emerging Northwest fungal disease develops virulent Oregon strain

    Uncommon but sometimes fatal infections of the lung or brain can show up months after someone inhales spores.

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  12. Psychology

    Dream a little dream of recall

    As the sleeping brain builds memories it generates dreams about recently learned material, a new study suggests.

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