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  1. Health & Medicine

    Getting to the bottom of diabetes and kidney disease

    Renal cells called podocytes may need insulin to maintain tissues’ blood-filtration role, a study in mice finds.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Life

    Massive count a drop in the bucket

    As the decade-long Census of Marine Life totes up thousands of new species, it leaves much yet to discover in the world’s oceans.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Physics

    Physics Nobel goes to graphene

    Discovered only six years ago, the 2-D carbon sheets have spun off a new field of research.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Space

    Why Mars is a lightweight

    Two new models of the early solar system try to explain why the Red Planet failed to grow as large as Earth or Venus.