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  1. Psychology

    Culture shapes sense of fairness

    Culture shapes kids’ sense of fairness, especially when they get the short end of the stick.

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  2. Life

    Women in sports are often underrepresented in science

    More and more women are taking up recreational and competitive sports. But when it comes to exercise science, the studies don’t reflect that trend.

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  3. Anthropology

    Long before going to Europe, humans ventured east to Asia

    Cave finds indicate modern humans reached southern China long before entering Europe.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Lead’s damage can last a lifetime, or longer

    Scientists have known for decades that lead is toxic to the brain, but the mark lead exposure leaves on children may actually stretch into adulthood, and perhaps even future generations.

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  5. Life

    Vaccines may offer defense against dengue, Zika and chikungunya

    Mosquitoes carry several harmful viruses—dengue, Zika, chikungunya. Vaccines may be the best means of defense.

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  6. Ecosystems

    When animals invade human spaces

    ‘Feral Cities’ explores the wildlife living amongst us, sometimes noticed and sometimes not.

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  7. Animals

    New water bear species found in Antarctica

    A tiny creature called a tardigrade could shed light on how animals reached the far southern continent.

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  8. Science & Society

    Home-brewed heroin: Hold the hype

    Now is the time to think about policy for synthetically produced morphine, but the process, if it bears out, is years away from working.

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  9. Genetics

    Mountain gorilla genome reveals inbreeding

    Mountain gorillas are highly inbred, with good and bad consequences.

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  10. Neuroscience

    When brain’s GPS goes awry, barriers can reboot it

    Brain’s internal map self-corrects when it hits a (literal) wall.

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  11. Planetary Science

    How alien can a planet be and still support life?

    Geoscientists imagine the unearthly mechanisms that could keep alien planets habitable.

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  12. Planetary Science

    New exoplanet: Big Earth or small Neptune?

    NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered a “cousin” of Earth 1,400 light-years away. But even though the new planet bears many similarities to Earth, experts say much about it remains a mystery.

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