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  1. Tech

    Wheel of Life: Bacteria provide horsepower for tiny motor

    Crawling bacteria can power a micromotor.

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  2. Engineering a Cure: Genetically modified cells fight cancer

    By inserting a gene into normal immune cells isolated from melanoma patients, scientists have turned the cells into cancer fighters.

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  3. Animals

    Flea treatment shows downside of social life

    The flealike parasites that build up in a shared burrow take an unexpectedly large toll on the ground squirrel's reproductive success.

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  4. Is a Galápagos finch caught in a split?

    An inland population of one of the famed Galápagos finches may become a new textbook example of the way in which two species emerge from one while still living together.