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  1. Life

    Drug candidate takes new aim at MERS

    An experimental drug that shuts down construction of virus-making factories could become a new weapon against MERS.

    By Meghan Rosen
  2. Astronomy

    Feedback

    Readers discuss the speed of spinning particles, what defines a planet and how to see invisible shrimp.

    By Science News Staff
  3. Health & Medicine

    Your brain on marijuana: two views

    Many of the “facts” that people believe to be true about marijuana are not supported by science, and while the pro-pot lobby cherry-picks data to support its arguments (denying marijuana’s addictiveness, for example), so too do anti-marijuana groups, which play up pot’s dangers.

    By Eva Emerson
  4. Life

    Designer T cells emerge as weapons against disease

    Decades of attempts to boost the immune system’s ability to fight disease are finally starting to pay off.