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  1. Health & Medicine

    Rheumatoid arthritis drug clears hurdle

    Anti-inflammatory injections of golimumab work in people with rheumatoid arthritis who failed to improve on other meds.

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  2. Planetary Science

    Losing Louisiana

    A new model predicts that rises in sea level, combined with subsiding lands, will claim a tenth of the state by century’s end.

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  3. Earth

    Ozone hole trims polar water’s CO2-absorbing power

    Simulations also suggest that the dearth of ozone over Antarctica leads to ocean acidification. Simulations also suggest that the dearth of ozone over Antarctica leads to ocean acidification

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  4. Animals

    Bat face shapes sound

    An oversized appendage in Bourret’s horseshoe bats may aid in long-distance signals.

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  5. Life

    Beetle philandering doesn’t work out for the ladies

    A common idea about the benefits of multiple matings for females turns out to be wrong for seed beetles.

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  6. Space

    Baby Milky Way modeled

    Researchers unveil state-of-the-art simulation of galaxy formation.

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  7. Astronomy

    Saturn’s moon may host an ocean

    Geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus could have delivered sodium from its underground ocean and into the planet's E ring

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Migraines may carry long-term baggage

    Headaches with aura may be linked to the formation of microscopic brain lesions in women and possibly to a heightened risk of stroke.

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  9. Physics

    Glass beads cluster as they flow

    High-speed camera catches liquidlike behavior in a stream of granular material.

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  10. Archaeology

    Stone Age flutes found in Germany

    Excavations in Germany have unearthed what may be the oldest known musical instruments.

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  11. Space

    Iron-ic twist deepens cosmic ray puzzle

    Researchers announce an intriguing new finding about the most energetic charged particles in the universe.

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  12. Life

    Long-lasting daddy longlegs

    Fossils of two new daddy longlegs species have been unearthed in China.

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