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  1. Life

    Orangutans can mime their desires

    Animals’ ability to act out what they want suggests an understanding of others’ perspectives, researchers say.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Spindles foster sound slumber

    In “a very clever study,” researchers show that distinctive brain signals help sustain sleep in noisy environments.

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  3. Earth

    Forest loss slows in Brazilian Amazon

    Between 2004 and 2009, the rate of clearing dropped almost 75 percent.

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  4. Life

    Aphids, abandon ship

    Warm, humid mammal breath drives the insects to jump off plants.

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  5. Space

    Warning for solar flares

    Microwave bursts may serve as warning shots.