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  1. Health & Medicine

    Chimpanzees die from primate version of HIV

    A new study links the simian immunodeficiency virus to serious AIDS-like illness in a wild population.

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  2. Life

    Protein plays three cancer-fighting roles

    The tumor suppressor protein, p53, has three ways to protect cells from turning cancerous. A new study shows that p53 helps make microRNAs.

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  3. Life

    Sleeping ugly

    Analysis pinpoints genes that help springtails dehydrate and tough out the winter.

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  4. Space

    Jupiter takes it on the chin

    Images reveal that an object has recently bashed into Jupiter, 15 years after the first of 21 chunks of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 struck the giant planet and created a memorable display of dark spots, waves and plumes.

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  5. Life

    Web decorating with garbage

    Spider webs adorned with decaying food remains attract more attacks, but maybe there’s a defensive trade-off at work.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Early testing for Alzheimer’s

    Spinal fluid test in people with mild cognitive impairments can predict in many cases who will develop the disease.

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  7. Paleontology

    Diggin’ dinos

    Structures found in Australian rocks may be the filled-in remains of the world’s oldest dinosaur burrows.

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  8. Physics

    Raindrops go it alone

    A new study using a high-speed camera finds the shattering of solitary drips can produce a variety of sizes.

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  9. Humans

    New view of iconic moon walk

    NASA previews digitally restored footage from Apollo 11.

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  10. Life

    Old gene, short new trick

    A single genetic modification is linked to the stature of short-legged dog breeds, new research shows.

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  11. Psychology

    Neighborhood unity offers behavioral protection for poor kids

    A five-year study of British families finds that young children living in low-income communities show fewer signs of serious behavior problems if they have close-knit, concerned neighbors.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    300 milliseconds from hand to head

    New work shows that the “rubber hand illusion” only works when a hand feels a sensation no more than 300 milliseconds before the eyes see it

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