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- Health & Medicine
Healthy Aging in a Pill
To extend life span, scientists envision a drug that mimics the benefits of a near-starvation diet.
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- Health & Medicine
Everyone poops his or her own viruses
The viral denizens of a person’s intestines are unique and don’t change much over time, a study suggests.
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Physicists join immune fight
Principles beyond biology may help explain how the body battles infection.
- Space
Newfound neighbor to solar system is a cool slacker
Researchers have found the closest brown dwarf to Earth and the coolest yet seen, raising the possibility that the nearest starlike body to the solar system may be a brown dwarf rather than a star.
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The Science of Slumber
Special issue on sleep.
- Physics
Antimatter, here to stay
Physicists trap antihydrogen for long enough to study the elusive material.
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Black Holes in the Bathtub
Scientists observe Hawking radiation in unexpected materials.
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Not just a high
Cannabis compounds show their stuff against a host of medical problems, relieving symptoms far beyond pain and nausea.
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Star Cents
How the cost of NASA’s next big space telescope skyrocketed.
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Cerebral Delights
The amygdala, a part of the brain known for its role in fear, also helps people spot rewards — and go after them.
