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  1. Health & Medicine

    Medical Nobel goes to developer of IVF

    Robert Edwards receives prize for work that led to 4 million births.

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  2. Life

    To researchers’ surprise, one Pseudomonas infection is much like the next

    Consistent genetic changes in the lung bacteria that commonly plague cystic fibrosis patients are a welcome discovery because they may point to new treatment strategies.

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  3. Life

    A giant penguin plumed in earth tones

    The first well-preserved feathers of 36-million-year-old diving bird give clues to color and evolution.

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  4. Space

    First it’s there, then it’s knot

    Discovered just a year ago, a tangle of atoms at the edge of the solar system disappears before astrophysicists’ eyes, leaving questions behind.