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  1. Humans

    Universities seek armchair astronomers

    Scientists are recruiting online help from the public to classify the shapes of 1 million galaxies in never-before-viewed photographs.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Perception is longevity

    Mice lived longer when they were fooled into sensing lower insulin levels than they actually had.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Saturn’s retinue: 60 and counting

    A little moon, two kilometers across, is Saturn's 60th satellite.

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  4. Earth

    Erosion accelerates along Alaskan coast

    Alaska's northern coast is falling into the sea at an accelerating rate.

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  5. Old viruses have new tricks

    Invading viruses can trick a cell into turning off its defense mechanisms.