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  1. Physics

    Paper cut physics pinpoints the most hazardous types of paper

    Dot matrix printer paper is the most treacherous, physicists report. Magazine paper comes in second.

    By Emily Conover
  2. Animals

    Static electricity may help butterflies and moths gather pollen on the fly

    Electrostatically charged lepidopterans could draw pollen out of flowers without touching the blooms, computer simulations suggest.

    By Anna Gibbs
  3. Climate

    Earth’s jet stream helps create the seeds of clouds

    The newly discovered process for making aerosols might also be the most productive.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  4. Health & Medicine

    Stopping cachexia at its source could reverse wasting from cancer

    The immune protein interleukin-6 helps regulate body weight.