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  1. Humans

    Reviewers prefer positive findings

    Biomedical research journals may be less likely to publish equivocal studies.

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  2. Earth

    A hurricane-spawned tornado boom

    Cyclones striking the Gulf Coast in recent years have spawned more twisters that those that hit the region in the mid-20th century.

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  3. Space

    Defogging Titan’s methane mystery

    Researchers have discovered fog just above Saturn’s moon Titan, indicating how methane cycles between the atmosphere and the surface of the moon.

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  4. Physics

    A very special snowball

    The long-predicted ice XV has been spotted in the lab.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Swine flu vaccination should target children first

    A new analysis finds that, as long as it peaks this winter, the H1N1 flu outbreak could be curtailed with a vaccination program that targets children first.