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  1. Health & Medicine

    Stem Cell Gain: Bone marrow cells seem to have what it takes

    Tests show that a rodent bone marrow cell similar to one found in people acts as a multipurpose stem cell, much as embryonic stem cells do.

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  2. Hostile Intent: Abused kids face up to angry expressions

    Physical abuse at home apparently tunes a school-age child's perceptual system to pick up signs of anger in others' facial expressions.

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  3. Astronomy

    Planetary System in the Making? Stellar eclipse hints at planet-forming debris

    Astronomers reported the first evidence that a young star is periodically eclipsed by a stream of debris, possibly an orbiting belt of asteroids held in place by a massive, unseen planet.