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  1. Health & Medicine

    Fructose poses gout risks even in women

    Soft drinks are an even more potent source of the fat-generating sugar than had been thought, new research shows.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Health & Medicine

    Laptops and infertility: It matters how you sit

    Men who keep their legs together while using the computers generate more sperm-endangering scrotal heat than those who splay them, a study finds.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Space

    Milky Way’s black hole may blow bubbles

    Astronomers have discovered two giant blobs of gamma ray–emitting gas above and below the galaxy’s center.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Animals

    Acidification may halve coral class of 2050

    Already shown to be a threat to established reefs, experiments show that changing ocean chemistry also threatens the establishment and survival of larvae.