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  1. Neuroscience

    Hair pulling prompts one of the fastest known pain signals

    The ouch of hair pulling is transmitted with the help of a protein used to sense light touches. These details could lead to new treatments.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Health & Medicine

    A viral gene drive could offer a new approach to fighting herpes

    A new gene drive can copy and paste itself into the genomes of herpes simplex viruses in mice. The end goal is a version that disables the virus in humans.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Science & Society

    There’s a new term for attempting to own the wind: ventography

    Nations established territorial claims underground to access oil and gas.