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  1. Animals

    Peril of play

    A new study shows that playful 2-year-old chimpanzees may be particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases — some caught from humans.

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  2. Math

    The tell-tale anecdote

    An Edgar Allan Poe story reveals a flaw in game theory.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Stomaching diabetes

    A new way to treat diabetes could recruit cells in the gut to make insulin when the pancreas can’t.

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  4. Climate

    Now that’s abrupt

    Past abrupt climate change in the North Atlantic could have started as far south as China, scientists say.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Take a chill pill, T cell

    Targeting a receptor on immune cells may hold promise for treating multiple sclerosis and asthma.