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- Space
Stellar wormholes may exist
Tunnels through spacetime would connect pairs of stars, new simulations suggest.
- Psychology
A man lost in musical time
A man who can’t feel music’s pulse or move in time to it provides initial clues to ‘beat deafness.’
- Earth
Low sperm counts linked to fetal effects
Low male fertility may partly stem from chemical exposures in utero, an anatomical study suggests.
- Space
A bid to implode cosmic ray theory
Streams of fast-moving particles aren’t fueled just by supernovas, a new study suggests.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Ibuprofen may help fend off Parkinson’s, plus bone boosters and smokers’ brains in this week’s news.
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Enzyme revives long-term memories
Increasing levels of a natural substance in the brain helps rats remember old times.
- Life
Good gene type for cancer bad for stroke
A DNA variant that helps prevent tumors may diminish the brain’s recovery after an interruption in blood supply.
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- Space
Sun’s doldrums likely to last
Despite a recent flare, solar physicists project low activity for up to a decade.
- Life
Hagfish may eat through their skin
The odd dining habits of carrion-eating protovertebrates may be relevant to the evolutionary transition to land.
- Space
Atom & Cosmos
Scientists calculate the right mix of dark matter to build a galaxy, plus Kleopatra’s twins and an electric Encaledus in this week’s news.
- Humans
Smelling a rat in a bag of chips
A forensic scientist shares tales from a very special victims unit.
