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  1. Psychology

    Getting to not know you

    Knowledge of a romantic partner’s likes and dislikes declines over decades, a study finds.

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  2. Space

    Existence of habitable exoplanet questioned

    A Swiss team has failed to confirm what has recently been claimed to be the first planet outside the solar system that might be right for life.

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  3. Chemistry

    Guards of the blood-brain barrier identified

    Specialized cells called pericytes are crucial to protecting the central nervous system, two new studies demonstrate.

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  4. Life

    More than a chicken, fewer than a grape

    A decade after the completion of the Human Genome Project, the exact number of human genes remains elusive.

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  5. Space

    CSI: Asteroid Belt

    Astronomers hunt clues in the rubble of a recent collision between two space rocks.

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  6. Life

    New species a little nipper

    A mongoose-like creature from Madagascar is the first new carnivore to be discovered in more than two decades.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Implants help heroin addicts kick habit

    Installing a slow-release drug under the skin enables some abusers of illicit and prescription drugs to get through withdrawal, a new study shows.

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  8. Planetary Science

    A comet’s tail

    Already under observation by astronomers, Hartley 2 will be visible in dark skies when it passes Earth on October 20.

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  9. Life

    Pterosaurs might have soared 10,000 miles nonstop

    Flight analysis suggests ancient reptiles were record setters.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Mice robbed of darkness fatten up

    Time of day can affect calories' impact, a study shows.

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  11. Chemistry

    Bacteria go electric

    Microbes that wire themselves up could turn waste into power.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    How being deaf can enhance sight

    Hearing-specialized brain regions can adapt to processing visual input, cat experiments show.

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