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  1. Quantum Physics

    A quantum computer corrected its own errors, improving its calculations 

    The corrected calculation had an error rate about a tenth of one done without quantum error correction.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    The first face transplant to include an eye shows no rejection a year later

    A man who received a partial face transplant that included an eye can’t see out of the eye, but there is blood flow to it.

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  3. Earth

    How earthquakes build beefy gold nuggets

    The strain imparted by an earthquake can generate voltages in quartz veins that stimulate the mineralization of gold.

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  4. Animals

    Bumblebees lose most of their sense of smell after heat waves

    A few hours in high temps reduced the ability of antennae to detect flower scents by 80 percent.