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  1. Health & Medicine

    Epilepsy surgery stands test of time

    Brain surgery for people with severe epilepsy keeps many of these patients free of seizures for decades.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Animals

    More junk makes for better dads

    A new analysis links dutiful fatherhood in prairie voles to a stretch of DNA once dismissed as meaningless.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Astronomy

    Rumblings from a dead star

    The burned-out cinder left behind when a massive Milky Way star exploded recently underwent its own outburst.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Tech

    A nanoprinter for cheaper diagnostics

    Using strands of DNA as movable type, scientists have created a miniaturized printing technique for mass-producing medical diagnostic chips.