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  1. Animals

    First Impressions: Early view biases spider’s mate choice

    In a new wrinkle on how females develop their tastes in males, a test has found that young female wolf spiders that see a male's courtship display grow up with a preference for that look in mates.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Antiviral Advance: Drug disables enzyme from hepatitis C virus

    A new drug prevents the replication of the hepatitis C virus.

    By John Travis
  3. Astronomy

    Cosmic Survey: Galaxy map reveals dark business as usual

    The most precise map of how galaxies cluster, pulled together by the tug of gravity, has confirmed that most of the cosmos is in the dark, consisting of 5 percent ordinary matter, 25 percent dark matter, and 70 percent dark energy.