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1. What Conservation Efforts Can Learn from Indigenous Communities
   A major U.N.-backed report says that nature on indigenous peoples’ lands is degrading less quickly than in other areas
   
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2. Ancient Teeth Reveal Social Stratification Dates Back to Bronze Age Societies
   Humans have a history of status division stretching back at least 4,000 years
   
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3. Sleep Deprivation Shuts Down Production of Essential Brain Proteins
   A deficit arises in molecules needed for neurons to communicate efficiently
   
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4. Hidden Passage: Could We Spy a Traversable Wormhole in the Milky Way's Heart?
   Anomalous motions of stars orbiting our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole might reveal the existence of long-hypothesized tunnels through spacetime
   
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5. High-Energy Award: Lithium Batteries Win 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
   The power packs drive mobile phones, laptops, electric cars and solar panels
   
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