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1. Better Memory through Electrical Brain Ripples
   A study in mice shows improved cognitive performance when these bursting signals move around memory circuits
   
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2. The Bitter Truth: Scientists Sequence the Almond Genome
   Cracking the nut’s “cyanide problem” could make it easier to cultivate sweeter varieties of this ancient snack
   
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3. Ecological Detectives Hunt for San Francisco's Vanished Waterways
   Recovering “ghost creeks” from past landscapes can help protect the city’s future amid climate chaos
   
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4. Using Marijuana to Get High Dates Back Millennia
   Ancient site points to weed’s role in burial rites
   
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5. Water on Europa--with a Pinch of Salt
   Much like Earth’s seas, the subsurface ocean of this icy moon of Jupiter contains sodium chloride, the main ingredient of table salt
   
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