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  1. Earth

    Pharm Pollution

    Antibiotics in sewage sludge and manure have the potential to poison plants or end up in food.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Health & Medicine

    Survivors’ Benefit?

    Smallpox outbreaks throughout history may have endowed some people with genetic mutations that make them resistant to the AIDS virus.

    By John Travis
  3. Anthropology

    Cultures of Reason

    East Asian and Western cultures may encourage fundamentally different reasoning styles, rather than build on universal processes often deemed necessary for thinking.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Tech

    Building a Supermodel

    Researchers are combining ergonomics and biological research with computer power to build a virtual human that can simulate human biology from anatomy down to the genetic code.