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  1. Earth

    For coots, hatching order is crucial ID

    When birds sneak eggs into others' nest, mom and dad can learn to find their own.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Mom and Dad not equally to blame for some bad genes

    Common genetic variants may have different effects on disease depending which parent passes along the trait.

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  3. Space

    Super-Earth found close by, may host water

    Astronomers say this discovery and others suggest that finding habitable planets is 'only a matter of time.'

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  4. Life

    Virus makes plants lie to insects

    Infected squash plants smell delicious but taste terrible – perfect combination for tricking aphids into spreading disease

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  5. Earth

    Irrigation draining California groundwater at ‘unsustainable’ pace

    The GRACE satellites have tracked water movement from the Central Valley since 2003.

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  6. Humans

    Stereotypes steer women away from computer science

    Surveys, tests of college students shows how surroundings can 'communicate a sense of belonging' or 'exclusion.'

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Nearsightedness increasing in the United States

    A new study suggests that myopia has increased by more than 60 percent since the 1970s.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    New material could support stem cell development

    A ’smart’ gel could help coax stem cells to develop into heart cells.

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  9. Life

    Giant panda genome unveiled

    DNA clues suggest little inbreeding, surprise on the bamboo diet.

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  10. Life

    Dinosaurs broiled, not grilled

    Debris from K-T impact could have been heat source and heat shield.

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  11. Paleontology

    New fossil helps solidify dino origins

    The dog-sized creature bolsters the notion that early dinosaurs first appeared in what is now South America.

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  12. Earth

    Earth’s atmosphere may be extraterrestrial in origin

    Analyses of krypton, xenon hint that air didn’t fizz from within the planet.

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