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      <title>Top Stories: Quantum Links, Whooping Cough, and the Science of Itching</title>
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      <title>Brazil Announces Funding for a Second Round of Multidisciplinary Research Centers</title>
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      <title>Mislabeled Images Bedevil Landmark Cloning Paper</title>
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      <title>Podcast: Friendly Viruses, Weaning Neandertals, and Why Penguins Don't Fly</title>
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      <title>Whales Freed from Fishing Gear May Still Die a Slow Death</title>
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      <media:description>The effects of being trapped persist long after emancipation

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      <title>The Secret of the Itch</title>
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      <media:description>Researchers identify key molecule in our desire to scratch </media:description>
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      <title>ScienceShot: Why Some Cockroaches Check Out of Roach Motels</title>
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      <title>ScienceShot: How the White Tiger Got Its Coat </title>
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      <title>Cell Investigating Breakthrough Stem Cell Paper</title>
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      <title>Physicists Create Quantum Link Between Photons That Don't Exist at the Same Time</title>
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      <title>How Long Did Neandertals Breastfeed?</title>
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