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  1. Space

    Spacecraft sees signs of 1,200-plus worlds

    The Kepler mission releases information on hundreds of newly discovered candidate planets beyond the solar system, including about 50 that could be habitable.

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  2. Life

    Ants manage incest without inbreeding

    An unorthodox family structure may have helped longhorn crazy ants spread around the globe.

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  3. Physics

    Invisibility cloaks hit the big time

    Using natural crystals, researchers have found a way to make objects up to a few millimeters tall disappear.

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  4. Life

    Straight to the heart

    New method transforms skin cells directly into beating cardiac cells.

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  5. Life

    Aerobic exercise boosts memory

    Regular walking improved seniors' recall and reversed declines in the size of a brain structure important for remembering.