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  1. Humans

    Running past Neandertals

    Stone Age humans’ heel bones, more so than those of Neandertals, aided long-distance running.

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  2. Physics

    X-raying life’s microscopic machinery

    A powerful new laser technique promises to reveal the cell’s molecular components in detailed, 3-D images.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    No flu vaccine link to Guillain-Barré syndrome found

    A massive study of millions of people in China finds no association between receiving the 2009 H1N1 immunization and developing the rare nervous system disorder.

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  4. Life

    Life

    New studies unveil the fire ant genome and why honeybee personalities matter, plus more in the week’s biology news.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Bioengineering better blood vessels

    Durable conduits made with a tough protein produced by living cells might improve options for some patients who need heart bypass surgery or kidney dialysis, a new study finds.

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  6. Space

    Spacecraft sees signs of 1,200-plus worlds

    The Kepler mission releases information on hundreds of newly discovered candidate planets beyond the solar system, including about 50 that could be habitable.

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  7. Life

    Ants manage incest without inbreeding

    An unorthodox family structure may have helped longhorn crazy ants spread around the globe.

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  8. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Evidence gets stronger that Mars once held an ocean, plus more in this week’s news.

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  9. Physics

    Invisibility cloaks hit the big time

    Using natural crystals, researchers have found a way to make objects up to a few millimeters tall disappear.

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  10. Life

    Straight to the heart

    New method transforms skin cells directly into beating cardiac cells.

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  11. Humans

    Humans

    Researchers reveal how feeling physical pain helps people ease a guilty conscience, plus more in this week's news.

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  12. Life

    Aerobic exercise boosts memory

    Regular walking improved seniors' recall and reversed declines in the size of a brain structure important for remembering.

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