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  1. Mean Streets: Kids’ verbal skills drop in bad neighborhoods

    A long-term study of Chicago children and their families finds that kids living in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods display substantial declines in verbal ability as they get older, even if they move to a nicer community.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Astronomy

    Black Hole Bully: Galaxy blasts its smaller neighbor

    A distant galaxy is shooting a deadly jet of radiation at a neighboring galaxy, astronomers have observed.

    By Sarah Williams

  3. Limiting Damage: Fragile X symptoms modulated in mice

    Reducing activity of a gene in mice alleviates many of the symptoms of fragile X syndrome, a genetic defect that causes mental retardation in people.