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Planetary Science

Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered

Saturn joins the sun’s other giant planets that have Trojans, space rocks that orbit along the same path.

Animals

DNA from old hair helps confirm the macabre diet of two 19th century lions

Genetic analysis of cavity crud from two famed man-eating lions suggests the method could re-create diets of predators that lived thousands of years ago.

Physics

Radioactive beams give a real-time view of cancer treatment in mice

This first successful treatment of tumors with radioactive ion beams could one day lead to treating human patients’ tumors with millimeter precision.

Neuroscience

Hair pulling prompts one of the fastest known pain signals

The ouch of hair pulling is transmitted with the help of a protein used to sense light touches.