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NanoscienceDiamonds are flexible when made into nanoscale needles (eurekalert.org)

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MedicinePersistent Borrelia Infection in Patients with Ongoing Symptoms of Lyme Disease (mdpi.com)

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BiologyEnlarged spleen key to diving endurance of ‘sea nomads’ (news.berkeley.edu)

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Animal ScienceNew Study Says Ancient Humans Hunted Big Mammals To Extinction (npr.org)

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NeuroscienceUsing human stem cells, researchers create 3-D model of the brain to study a mutation tied to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression (nature.com)

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CancerA prototype early warning system for the four most common types of cancer makes a visible mole appear on the skin when calcium levels indicate a tumor has developed. (ethz.ch)

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AnthropologyIn an example of recent human evolution, scientists find free divers from Southeast Asia evolved bigger spleens, thought to give them greater endurance when holding their breaths. (the-scientist.com)

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Social ScienceReligiosity is generally tied to reduced suicide risk, but the opposite may be true for LGBT adults. Faith-based partners in suicide prevention and intervention services “should be willing and equipped to assist all people who seek their services, regardless of sexual orientation,” the authors write (reuters.com)

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BiologyA new imaging technique called Adaptive Optical Lattice Light-Sheet Microscopy has captured cellular dynamics in living organisms with unprecedented detail. (hms.harvard.edu)

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NanoscienceThis new microscope makes movies from inside living cells (paper sourced in article) (statnews.com)

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BiologyNew microscope creates 3D movies of cells in living organisms. "It's like Star Trek" say Harvard researchers. (hms.harvard.edu)

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EnvironmentDrowning caused 80% of deaths from Hurricane Harvey. Study finds 78% of those deaths occurred outside zones designated as being at higher risk for flooding. US authorities outline floodplains for 100 and 500 year floods that had a 1% and 0.2% probability respectively of occurring in any given year. (egu.eu)

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BiologyA rare mutation among the Bajau people lets them stay underwater longer: natural selection at the PDE10A gene has increased spleen size in the Bajau, providing them with a larger reservoir of oxygenated red blood cells. (gizmodo.com)

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EnvironmentClimate Change Is Transforming the Great Barrier Reef, Likely Forever (insideclimatenews.org)

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AnthropologyA stone age cow skull boasting a hole the size of a biscuit has been hailed as a first by archeologists, who say the gouge is the earliest evidence of either a veterinary attempt or animal experimentation. (theguardian.com)

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Animal ScienceEjaculation Induced by the Activation of Crz Neurons is Rewarding to Drosophila Males (cell.com)

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Animal ScienceExploding ants sacrifice themselves by rupturing their abdomen to kill or repel rivals (zookeys.pensoft.net)

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PhysicsMachine Learning algorithm can predict evolution of chaotic models without knowing the equations. This may improve weather prediction some day. (quantamagazine.org)

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MedicineA new study has confirmed that Hans Asperger, the Austrian pediatrician for whom a form of autism is named, collaborated with the Nazis and actively assisted in the killing of disabled children (nytimes.com)

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NanoscienceRepairing damaged hair cells using siRNA nanoparticles to restore hearing loss in guinea pigs (cell.com)

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PsychologyHans Asperger, National Socialism, and "race hygiene" in Nazi-era Vienna (molecularautism.biomedcentral.com)

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BiologyCrowds of zooplankton swimming upward generate large downward jets of water that result in significant water column mixing (nature.com)

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MedicineA randomized trial shows the critical impact of a face-to-face doctor visit for patient perception of compassion, communication, professionalism. (jamanetwork.com)

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CancerSynthetic biology-based cellular biomedical tattoo for detection of hypercalcemia associated with cancer (stm.sciencemag.org)

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BiologyFlies like ejaculating. Scientists engineered flies to ejaculate in response to red light, and confirmed that ejaculating flies are less likely to drink alcohol than celibate flies, who make a bee-line for the booze. (fatherly.com)

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