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  1. BOOK REVIEW: Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love and Language from the Insect World by Marlene Zuk

    Review by Susan Milius.

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  2. Life

    Genes & Cells

    Caterpillars brainwashed by virus, bacteria break DNA and more in this week’s news.

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  3. Science From On High

    Google Earth gives researchers new access.

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  4. Physics

    Last Words

    Tevatron’s data may have more to say, even after the atom smasher shuts down.

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  5. Tumor Tell-All

    Unraveling complex genetic stories in cancer cells may lead to personalized treatment.

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  6. Space

    Super-Earths may come in two flavors

    As more exoplanets are discovered, evidence emerges that worlds can be either fluffy or dense.

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  7. Humans

    Fossil finds offer close look at a contested ancestor

    Nearly 2 million-year-old fossils offer glimpses of a species that may, or may not, have been crucial for human evolution.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Body & Brain

    Vaccine knocks down diarrhea cases, a flag for mortality risk and more in this week’s news.

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  9. Earth

    Earthly riches heaven sent

    A period of heavy meteorite bombardment after Earth's formation may have peppered Earth's outer layers with useful metals.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Brain stents pose risks

    Devices to prop open narrowed vessels appear to raise the risk of death or stroke compared with medicines alone, a study finds.

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  11. Life

    In the dark, cave fish follows its own rhythm

    Scientists unwind an odd biological clock to better understand how organisms set daily cycles.

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  12. Chemistry

    Explosive goes boom, but not too soon

    Leavening a volatile new material with good old TNT yields a substance that’s safer to handle and easily reverted into a highly potent form.

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