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  1. Life

    Artificial butterfly mixes high, low tech

    Model shows importance of wing veins and bobbing flight to keeping swallowtails aloft.

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  2. Space

    Probing the heart and soul of star formation

    An infrared spacecraft has captured a penetrating view of two dusty nebulae about 6,000 light-years from Earth.

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  3. Animals

    Cads of the savanna

    Male topi antelopes lie about predators to keep the ladies nearby.

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  4. Psychology

    Gene makes kids more vulnerable to bullying’s effects

    Kids who get bullied a lot can develop serious emotional problems, especially if they possess a certain gene.

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  5. Space

    Herschel telescope unveils icy debris ringing sunlike stars

    New infrared images may reveal analogues of the solar system’s Kuiper belt.