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  1. Health & Medicine

    Old drug may be first choice for childhood petit mal epilepsy

    Three-way trial shows ethosuximide edging out two newer choices.

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  2. Earth

    Earth knocked for a loop

    Chile’s February 27 temblor, tectonically linked to another giant quake 50 years ago, sped up the Earth’s rotation and tipped the planet’s axis.

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  3. Chemistry

    Plasticizers kept from leaching out

    ‘Chemicals of concern’ may be made safer in new materials.

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  4. Space

    Lopsided stellar disks help black holes guzzle gas

    Theorists have found a new recipe for feeding the supermassive centers of galaxies.

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  5. Life

    Rise of female weaponry driven by poop fights

    Motherly fights for excrement in one species of dung beetle have favored the evolution of a special female horn.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Coffee not linked to heart arrhythmia

    A large survey of insured people finds no extra hospitalizations in java swillers.

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  7. Paleontology

    Ancient DNA suggests polar bears evolved recently

    A study of a rare Norwegian fossil narrows down when polar bears evolved and finds they are closely related to modern-day brown bears in Alaska.

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  8. Archaeology

    Stone Age engraving traditions appear on ostrich eggshells

    Fragments indicate symbolic communication on 60,000-year-old water containers.

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  9. Humans

    Titanic study: It takes time to do the right thing

    Comparing the Titanic and Lusitania disasters suggests that people in a crisis are more likely to maintain social norms if they have longer to react.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Hormone may be heart-healthy insulin substitute

    A study in mice finds leptin lowers blood sugar without raising cholesterol.

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  11. Humans

    Facebook users keep it real in online profiles

    College students on Facebook display their real personalities, not reinvented selves, a new study suggests.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Germs in tobacco are potential source of respiratory infections blamed on smoking

    Tests find hundreds of bacterial species in major cigarette brands.

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