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  1. Earth

    Seismologists rumble over quake clusters

    Japan tremor may be part of a second grouping of great quakes since 1900, some scientists say.

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  2. Life

    Gone fishing, orangutan-style

    Apes that catch fish in ponds and eat them raise the possibility that ancient hominids did the same.

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  3. Physics

    Time travel nixed in metamaterial world

    A desktop universe captures essential properties of the real thing.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    A hidden herpes risk, the rapid effects of a high-fat diet, explaining seniors' early rising and more in this week's news.

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  5. Physics

    How bicycles keep the rubber on the road

    An international collaboration tries to explain the surprising stability of two-wheeled travel.