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  1. Humans

    Playing for real in a virtual world

    Preteen boys and girls interacting in a virtual world display the same contrasting play styles that have been observed in real-world settings.

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  2. Space

    Planet hidden in Hubble archives

    A new way to process images reveals an extrasolar planet that had been hiding in an 11-year-old Hubble picture. The technique could shed new light on other telescope images as well.

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  3. Anthropology

    Modern feet step back 1.5 million years

    Researchers say that 1.5-million-year-old footprints discovered in eastern Africa show that a human ancestor had modern-looking feet and walked much like people do today.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    What’s good for the heart is good for the prostate

    A new study finds that lower cholesterol levels slow the growth of prostate tumors in mice.