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  1. Astronomy

    Recurrent Eruption: Explosive stellar saga

    Six thermonuclear explosions have ripped off the outer layers of a dense, nearby star in the past 108 years.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Big Headache: Auras may add risk to migraines

    Women who experience migraines that are preceded by sensory irregularities face a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke.

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  3. Earth

    Sandy clues to ancient climate

    The orientation of dunes in north-central Nebraska indicates that the climate there a millennium ago was much different than it is today.

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  4. From Mind to Matter: Data analysis challenges psychokinesis

    Numerous experiments in which volunteers mentally attempt to influence the output of computers that generate random sequences of 1s and 0s have failed to show that individuals can use their minds to manipulate the physical world.