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  1. Health & Medicine

    Lo-Cal bones hold up

    One study of many recent investigations of how calorie restriction affects people shows that bone density does not necessarily suffer when a person loses weight quickly.

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  2. Space

    Around the ring

    The first protons beamed out at the Large Hadron Collider.

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  3. Life

    FDA releases guidelines for genetically modified animals

    Draft rules lay out policies for approving altered animals, including those used for food.

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  4. Chemistry

    A better fate for plastic bottles

    Using microbes to convert PET into a high-value plastic could encourage more recycling.

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  5. Planetary Science

    Racing against the Martian winter

    With solid findings under its belt and the Martian summer waning, the Phoenix Mars lander perseveres in its study of the soil and sky of the planet’s arctic plain.