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  1. Humans

    Extra weight in early childhood foretells later disease risk

    A study tracking kids from birth into young adulthood identifies ages 2 to 6 as most crucial for predicting later problems with metabolic syndrome.

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  2. Humans

    Amphibian debuts

    Hunt for lost frog turns up new species in Colombian rain forests.

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  3. Paleontology

    Ancient trumpets played eerie notes

    Acoustic scientists re-create and analyze sounds from 3,000-year-old shell instruments for insight into pre-Inca civilization.

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  4. Space

    A cometary blizzard

    NASA's EPOXI mission encountered a snowstorm when it zipped by Comet Hartley 2.

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  5. Space

    It came from another galaxy

    Extrasolar planet traces its origin outside the Milky Way to an ancient neighboring galaxy.