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  1. Health & Medicine

    A pancreatic cancer blood test called PAC-MANN could spot the disease early 

    The test relies on a magnetic nanoparticle linked to fluorescent molecules to detect pancreatic cancer proteins.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Ozempic’s key ingredient may reduce the desire to drink alcohol

    In the first clinical trial of its kind, people taking semaglutide drank less alcohol, adding to its promise of fighting addiction.

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  3. Physics

    A cosmic neutrino of unknown origins smashes energy records

    A deep-sea detector glimpsed a particle with 220 million billion electron volts of energy — around 20 times as energetic as any neutrino seen before.

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  4. Animals

    Migrating whale sharks make pit stops at oil and gas rigs

    Human-made structures act as artificial reefs, luring plankton and, in turn, Earth’s largest fish. That could put whale sharks at risk of ship strikes.

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  5. Climate

    Historical writings reveal how people weathered the Little Ice Age

    Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.

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  6. Climate

    Just a small rise in global temperatures could be deadly

    As early as mid-century, an area of land that adds up to the size of the U.S. could hit temperatures hazardous for human health.

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  7. Neuroscience

    Wiggling ears may have once helped us hear

    These ancient ear muscles may provide a readout of a person's hearing efforts.

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  8. Earth

    Spooky floating lights in South Carolina could be earthquake farts

    Gases that rise from the earth during earthquakes could explain strange sightings of floating balls of light.

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  9. Animals

    A fungus named after Sir David Attenborough zombifies cave spiders

    The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.

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  10. Astronomy

    A fast radio burst from a dead galaxy puzzles astronomers

    A blast of radio waves from the outskirts of an ancient galaxy challenges theories about what creates such bursts.

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  11. Animals

    Cuttlefish ink may overwhelm sharks’ sense of smell

    The main component of common cuttlefish ink — melanin — strongly sticks to shark smell sensors, possibly explaining why the predators avoid ink.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    A second version of bird flu is infecting cows. What does that mean?

    While the risk to humans of exposure from cows or milk remains low, this new flu spillover from birds into cows raises the need for continued surveillance.

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