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  1. Health & Medicine

    Expanding antibiotic treatment in sub-Saharan Africa could save kids’ lives

    Current guidelines limit treatment to infants. Giving antibiotics to at-risk kids under 5, too, has an indirect effect on infant survival, a new trial shows.

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  2. Physics

    The world’s fastest microscope makes its debut

    Using a laser and an electron beam, the microscope can snap images of moving electrons every 625 quintillionths of a second.

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  3. Earth

    ‘Turning to Stone’ paints rocks as storytellers and mentors

    Part memoir, part geology explainer, Marcia Bjornerud’s latest book explores the hidden wisdom of Earth’s rocks.

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  4. Space

    The historic ‘Wow!’ signal may finally have a source.