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  1. Anthropology

    Scripted Stone: Ancient block may bear Americas’ oldest writing

    A slab of stone found by road builders in southern Mexico may contain the oldest known writing in the Americas, although some scientists regard the nearly 3,000-year-old inscriptions cautiously.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    Weapon against MS: Transplant drug limits nerve damage

    An immune-suppressing drug called fingolimod slows multiple sclerosis relapses in patients.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Earth

    Link between El Niños and droughts in India

    Scientists have discovered a correlation between droughts in India and a particular type of El Niño, the climate phenomenon marked by increased sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific.

    By Sid Perkins
  4. Tech

    Cyber attack depletes cell phone batteries

    In a new type of cyber attack, assailants using computers connected to the Internet can secretly induce distant cell phones to rapidly deplete their batteries.