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  1. Animals

    Not so prudish after all

    Unsuspected genetic diversity found in asexual animals.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Reading minds … or at least brain scans

    By analyzing brain activity, computers can tell what word is on your mind.

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  3. Planetary Science

    More than a pinch

    Water believed to flow on the Red Planet would have been too salty to foster life, scientists suggest.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Monkey think, robotic monkey arm do

    In a step toward someday making brain-controlled prosthetic arms for people, scientists have trained monkeys to control a robotic arm with their thoughts.