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  1. Life

    The sandman gene

    Researchers find another genetic variant linked to sleep duration.

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  2. Earth

    Fossil fangs not so fierce

    Cambrian predator might have eaten soft food.

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  3. Life

    Will groom for snuggles

    Sooty mangabey and vervet monkey mothers charge a price, dictated by market forces, that other females must pay to touch their babies.

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  4. Psychology

    Aboriginal time runs east to west

    Some indigenous Australians envision time moving westward, suggesting that culture shapes how people think about this basic concept.

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  5. Humans

    Building a better bomb sniffer

    A new handheld device detects TATP, an explosive that is easy to make but hard to detect.