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  1. Health & Medicine

    Laws to protect athletes’ brains do reduce concussions — eventually

    Recurrent concussions among high school athletes went down about 2½ years after traumatic brain injury laws were on the books, a new study finds.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Life

    The next wave of bird flu could be worse than ever

    Deadly bird flu can pass between ferrets through the air.

    By Laurel Hamers
  3. Tech

    50 years ago, engineers tried catching commercial planes in nets

    Fifty years ago, aviation experts tried helping commercial aircraft come to a stop during landing by catching them in massive nets. The idea crash-landed for commercial flights, but it’s still used in the military.