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  1. Health & Medicine

    The childhood nerve cancer neuroblastoma shows weakness

    A compound that unshackles a tumor-suppressing protein called p53 can slow the growth of the malignancy in mice, a new study finds.

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  2. Space

    The Milky Way, aglow with activity

    Combining infrared and X-ray images from three orbiting observatories, NASA has unveiled a never-before-seen composite portrait of the Milky Way’s bustling center.

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  3. Earth

    Asteroid impact could have stirred the ocean

    Model offers one explanation for sudden change in deep-ocean chemistry almost 2 billion years ago.

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  4. Anthropology

    Macaws bred far from tropics during pre-Columbian times

    Colorful birds possibly raised for ceremonial and trade purposes long before Spanish arrival

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  5. Life

    Hormones give lantern sharks the glow

    In a first, a study shows that bioluminescence can be controlled by slow-acting hormones, not rapid-fire nerve cells.