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  1. Humans

    Forbidden tests: Panel seeks ban on human clones

    A national advisory panel has asked Congress to forbid cloning aimed at creating a child but urged the lawmakers to permit other medical experiments with cloned human cells.

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  2. Chemistry

    Making silicon naturally: Chemists glimpse organic substance in plankton

    For the first time, researchers have found a compound composed of both carbon and silicon within a living organism.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Cancer clue: RNA-destroying enzyme may thwart prostate-tumor growth

    Scientists have found a mutated gene that predisposes men of some families to prostate cancer.

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  4. Parrots will fluoresce for sex

    A budgerigar's head literally glows for its mate, and both males and females of this parrot species prefer to court radiant partners.