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HumansNewborn babies may cry in their mother tongues
Days after birth, French and German infants wail to the melodic structure of their languages.
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SpaceGiant galaxy graveyard grows
The largest known galactic congregation is bigger than astronomers thought—and its inhabitants are all dead or dying.
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Health & MedicineVaccine may head off genital cancer in women
An experimental immunization can clear up premalignant growths caused by the human papillomavirus in some patients.
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EarthSmall earthquakes may not predict larger ones
Quakes far from tectonic plate boundaries may simply be aftershocks of ancient temblors.