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  1. Climate

    Europe’s latest heat wave has been linked to climate change

    Global warming made the June heat wave at least five times more likely to happen.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  2. Neuroscience

    This brain region may be why some robots send chills down your spine

    Scientists may have traced the source of the “uncanny valley” sensation in the brain.

    By Maria Temming
  3. Health & Medicine

    California’s new vaccine rules kept more kindergartners up-to-date

    Three statewide interventions improved the rates of kindergartners behind on required vaccinations in California, researchers report.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  4. Health & Medicine

    Vision cells can pull double duty in the brain, detecting both color and shape

    Neurons in a brain area that handles vision fire in response to more than one aspect of an object, countering earlier ideas, a study in monkeys finds.