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  1. Health & Medicine

    Nail-gun injuries shoot up

    Nail-gun injuries among do-it-yourself carpenters have tripled since 1991.

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  2. Unintended consequences of cancer therapies

    Radiation and chemotherapy can destroy a tumor, but they may also indirectly promote metastasis, the spread of cancerous cells to other organs.

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  3. Synesthesia tied to brain connections

    People who see specific colors when looking at particular letters possess an unusually large number of connections in brain areas that influence word and color perception.

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  4. Earth

    Southern seas slow their uptake of CO2

    In recent decades, the rate at which oceans in the Southern Hemisphere soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide has slowed.