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  1. Health & Medicine

    Pinpointing the G-spot, or not

    A gynecologist claims to have anatomical evidence of a center of female sexual pleasure, but noted sex researchers are skeptical.

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  2. Brain not required for antidepressant to act

    In brewer’s yeast, the drug sertraline distorts membranes and triggers a self-cannibalizing process.

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  3. Life

    Albatross forage with fractal-like flight

    New data offer support for a modified mathematical pattern in birds’ hunting behavior.

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  4. Life

    Bacteria, insects join forces against pesticide

    Microbes in gut, rather than genetic changes, allow insects to develop chemical resistance.

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  5. Earth

    Arctic sea emits methane

    Source of climate-warming gas remains uncertain, but might be microbes.