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  1. Physics

    Supernovas show the universe expands at the same rate in all directions

    Analyzing supernovas indicates that expansion rates agree within 1 percent across large regions of sky.

    By Emily Conover
  2. Health & Medicine

    A ban on artificial trans fats in NYC restaurants appears to be working

    New Yorkers’ levels of artificial trans fats dropped, especially in people who ate out the most, after a citywide ban on the fats in restaurant foods.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  3. Animals

    The world’s largest bee has been rediscovered after 38 years

    Researchers rediscovered the world’s largest bee living in the forests of an island of Indonesia.

    By Jeremy Rehm
  4. Climate

    Dueling dates for a huge eruption reignite the debate over dinosaurs’ death

    New dating techniques for the Deccan Traps volcanic eruptions disagree on whether they were the main culprit in the dinosaurs’ demise.