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- Health & Medicine
The rest of your DNA
Surprise: Scientists find most of human DNA molecule carries out important functions.
- Fossils
Tiny fossil tells big tale
Scientists use a single finger bone from ancient, humanlike Denisovans to study their connection to modern people and Neandertals.
- Brain
Learning in your sleep
Sleeping people can be taught to make connections between sounds and smells.
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- Brain
Fooling the mind’s eye
Brain scientists find they have much to learn from magicians and their tricks.
- Climate
Seal scientists
Elephant seals help climate scientists understand deepwater heating around Antarctica.
- Chemistry
Sniffing for bad air
Handheld carbon dioxide sensor can help identify classrooms with unhealthy ventilation rates.
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- Animals
Cool Jobs: Scents of science
Better understanding of the sense of smell inspires research into everything from whales to electronic ‘noses’
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- Climate
A record Arctic melt
Satellites show summer 2012 sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean shrunk to a record low.
