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  1. Life

    Genetics offers more hints about autism

    Three studies illustrate why a single cause for autism spectrum disorders has been so difficult to pin down.

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  2. Life

    Weeds increasingly immune to herbicides

    Agricultural scientists warn that crop yields could drop as a result of emerging resistance.

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  3. Life

    Marine microbes fritter away jelly bonus

    Bacterial feasts during jellyfish blooms drain valuable carbon out of the food web.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    PHOTOCAP: Deadly bugs

    Toxin-producing E. coli strain causes outbreak in Germany.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Drug prevents some breast cancers

    A hormone-blocking compound can waylay some malignancies in healthy women who are deemed at risk.