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  1. Chemistry

    From movies you’ll love to drugs you’ll take

    A new method picks out promising drug compounds by computer, in much the same way Netflix recommends DVDs to its customers.

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  2. Anthropology

    Hobbit debate goes out on some limbs

    A new analysis of fossil hobbits’ limb bones links them to much earlier hominids, and immediately attracts criticism.

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  3. Anthropology

    For ancient hominids, thumbs up on precision grip

    An analysis of a 6-million-year-old bone indicates that a humanlike grasp evolved among some of the earliest hominids.

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  4. Earth

    Severe weather has favorite spots

    New analyses of tornadoes and lightning highlight U.S.