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This week, a nearby potential Earth-like planet, preprint servers proliferate, and the scientific legacy that Obama leaves behind.

This week, how fins became limbs, a giant gene database cracks clinical cases, and making better opioids.

This week, the migration route of the first Americans, the bandwidth crisis, clever conductors, and the next CRISPR.

This week, parenting tips from science, quenching a question about thirst, and a programmable quantum computer.

Smartphones have become nearly ubiquitous in the United States. These mini-computers that we carry around in our bags or pockets have the potential to dramatically influence the practice of medicine, including psychiatry. A team of researchers is currently investigating the use of smartphones for what's known as digital phenotyping, or the continuous monitoring of someone's status via a personal digital device, to enhance behavioral and mental health.

Listen to this month's BrainPod to hear Dr. JP Onnela discuss how digital phenotyping is crucial for studying mental health disorders.

This week, how we time our breathing, working with indigenous peoples, and using yeast genetics to build better beer.

A baby's healthy growth depends on receiving the right balance of energy and nutrients. If a baby is born pre-term, its carers must provide the nutrition it would otherwise have received in the womb. Surprisingly, there is very little consistency in studies of neonatal nutrition and growth regarding how much energy and nutrients should be administered to preterm infants, and the expected growth trajectories. A team from the University of Auckland in New Zealand have looked at 22 studies and developed a way to standardize this information.

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This week, the perils of tech in health, tumour fighting bacteria, and the science of what sounds good.