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  1. Health & Medicine

    Protein regulator shows promise against addiction

    Elevating levels of a tiny molecule in rats’ brains blunted the animals’ cocaine use.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Computing

    Machine versus manhole

    Computer scientists take on one of New York’s weirder quality-of-life issues: which will be the next to explode?

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Life

    Ocean acidification may make fish foolhardy

    Rising carbon dioxide alters fish larvae’s sense of smell, which they use to avoid predators and find their way home.

    By Gwyneth Dickey
  4. Psychology

    Voter madness

    Sports outcomes can influence politicians’ performance at the polls.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine for Marburg virus passes monkey test

    Tests suggest that the lethal hemorrhagic virus can be stopped if countered soon after exposure.