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  1. Computing

    Machine versus manhole

    Computer scientists take on one of New York’s weirder quality-of-life issues: which will be the next to explode?

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  2. Life

    Ocean acidification may make fish foolhardy

    Rising carbon dioxide alters fish larvae’s sense of smell, which they use to avoid predators and find their way home.

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  3. Psychology

    Voter madness

    Sports outcomes can influence politicians’ performance at the polls.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine for Marburg virus passes monkey test

    Tests suggest that the lethal hemorrhagic virus can be stopped if countered soon after exposure.

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  5. Climate

    Methane releases in arctic seas could wreak devastation

    Warming climate could lead to dead zones, acidification and shifts at the base of the ocean’s food chain.