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  1. Animals

    Male spiders have safe(r) sex with siblings

    In a cannibalistic species, brothers minimize risk when mating with their sisters.

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  2. Anthropology

    Lice hang ancient date on first clothes

    Genetic analysis puts garment origin at 190,000 years ago.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Colorectal cancer risk linked to stomach bacterium, inflammation

    Stomach infection and high levels of inflammatory proteins are more common in people with colon polyps or disease, two studies show.

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  4. Chemistry

    From movies you’ll love to drugs you’ll take

    A new method picks out promising drug compounds by computer, in much the same way Netflix recommends DVDs to its customers.