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  1. Humans

    Symbolic snacks

    Capuchin monkeys can reason with tokens as they do with different foods, demonstrating a basic capacity for thinking symbolically.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    Parasite payback

    The protozoan parasite that causes leishmaniasis seems vulnerable to the anticancer drug tamoxifen, research in mice shows.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Physics

    Suction hunters

    Scientists reveal new details on how extendable jaws help fish capture prey.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  4. Health & Medicine

    Time on their side

    Review of a decade's worth of major league baseball games shows a slight cost in performance in teams with jet lag.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Health & Medicine

    Thanks for the pounds, Mom

    When inherited from mom, a gene linked to obesity and diabetes interferes with blood sugar metabolism.