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  1. Neuroscience

    A spot in the base of the brain has a love of language

    Brain scans show a spot in the cerebellum attuned specifically to words, expanding on studies that point to the region's importance for language.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Animals

    Animals experience joy. Scientists want to measure it

    Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure positive feelings — and it’s a challenge.

    By Amber Dance
  3. Cosmology

    A massive cosmic ring may challenge a key assumption about the universe

    At 3.3 billion light-years across, the ring may challenge the “cosmological principle” that the universe looks uniform at sufficiently large scales.