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  1. Health & Medicine

    Touch and sight push each other around

    When the fingers feel downward motion, the eyes see upward motion.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Health & Medicine

    The other, friendly fat

    Brown fat is active in adult humans and could help keep people lean.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Health & Medicine

    Acid reflux link to asthma now in doubt

    Heartburn drugs called proton pump inhibitors, commonly prescribed for asthma patients, don’t prevent breathing attacks.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Earth

    Nickel down, oxygen up

    Researchers point to the early ocean's concentration of nickel as the possible start for events that allowed Earth's atmosphere to accumulate oxygen.