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  1. Animals

    Chytrid’s frog-killing toll has been tallied — and it’s bad

    Losses due to the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus are “the greatest documented loss of biodiversity attributable to a pathogen,” researchers find.

    By Kathleen O'Neil
  2. Animals

    Geneticists close in on how mosquitoes sniff out human sweat

    A long-sought protein proves vital for mosquitoes’ ability to detect lactic acid, a great clue for finding a human.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, drug abuse was higher among physicians than the public

    In 1969, physicians abused drugs at a higher rate than the general public — that’s still true today.

    By Jeremy Rehm
  4. Health & Medicine

    Blood vessels built from a patient’s cells could help people on dialysis

    Bioengineered blood vessels could provide a safer alternative than donor vessels or synthetic implants.