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  1. Health & Medicine

    A protein’s ebb and flow

    Buildup in the brain of a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease may be due to reduced clearance rather than overproduction of the protein.

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  2. Space

    Collider in the sky

    Protons buffeted by stellar winds in the Eta Carinae star system are accelerated to energies comparable to the maximum power of the world’s biggest particle smasher.

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  3. Earth

    Clouds warm things up

    Satellite data from the last decade put hard numbers on a key and little-understood climate player.

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  4. Space

    Planet in the sky with diamonds

    Scientists have discovered a Jupiter-sized orb with a mostly carbon atmosphere 1,200 light-years distant, the first time astronomers have detected such a world.