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Physics

Particle discovery fills a gap

The neutral xi-sub-b is the eighth of nine predicted family members to be found.

Health & Medicine

Body & Brain

The brain sleeps in shifts, plus thinking better with folate, how brains feel the beat and more in this week's news.

Earth

Small volcanoes add up to cooler climate

Airborne particles sent skyward by eruptions since 2000 have counteracted the warming effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Life

A tryst, then the power to resist

House mice in Europe got some of their tolerance for rodenticides from hybridizing with a completely different species

Life

The lion eats tonight …

Attacks on humans peak after a full moon, when feline bellies tend to rumble.

Health & Medicine

Something in the air may cause lung damage in troops

Unexplained breathing problems in soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan come from deposits that damage tiny passages in the lungs.

Life

Shuffling the genetic deck

Scientists map places where chromosomes mix and match genes.

Life

Life

Slacker fish, carnivorous pitfalls, a dinosaur gap and more in this week’s news.

Physics

Quantum theory gets physical

New work finds a physical basis for quantum mechanics.

Space

Atom & Cosmos

Runaway planets, the return of Neptune and tricky antineutrinos in this week’s news.

Space

Dawn on Vesta

New image from NASA asteroid mission reveals a relic of the early solar system.

Chemistry

Molecules/Matter & Energy

Shaking off snake venom, flexible display screens and krill-sniffing penguins in this week's news.