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  1. Ah, my pretty, you’re…#&! a beetle pile!

    Hundreds of tiny, young blister beetles cluster into lumps resembling female bees and hitchhike on the male bees that they seduce.

    By Susan Milius

  2. Genes, genes, and more genes

    Scientists have almost finished sequencing the genes of rice and of a man.

    By John Travis

  3. Disabled genes dull sense of smell

    Mutated genes may explain why humans have a poor sense of smell.

    By John Travis
  4. Health & Medicine

    Berry promising anticancer prospects

    Cranberry products can retard the growth and spread of breast cancer in rodents.

    By Janet Raloff
  5. Health & Medicine

    A different GI link to colon cancers

    Diets rich in sweets and other quickly digested carbohydrates appear to increase an individual's risk of developing colon cancer.