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- Life
Genes in wheat relatives help stave off stem rust
Wild and obscure species provide resistance to deadly fungus.
- Planetary Science
Voyager 1 on fast track toward interstellar space
More than 35 years after launch, the probe finally nears the solar system's edge.
- Health & Medicine
Experimental type 1 diabetes treatment shows promise
Findings in a small group of patients hint that a DNA-based therapy might work, but the effects fade after treatment stops.
- Health & Medicine
No link found between vaccines and nerve-damaging condition
Recently immunized people are not at an increased risk of developing Guillain-Barre syndrome, a nerve-damaging condition.
- Life
Ancient horse’s DNA fills in picture of equine evolution
An entire genome compiled from a 700,000-year-old bone yields new information about equine history.
- Animals
Lemurs’ group size predicts social intelligence
Primates that live with many others know not to steal food when someone is watching.
- Health & Medicine
A wobble of the noggin reveals the workings of the heart
Pulse can be measured by examining a video of subtle head motions.
- Humans
Hard throwers evolved a long time ago
Baseball hurlers provide clues to the ancient roots of bodies that can heave objects really fast.
- Animals
Elephant diets changed millions of years before their teeth
The animals fed on grasses long before their molars could grind the tough plants.
- Astronomy
Cradled galaxies betray violent past
Hubble snaps ‘the Penguin’ and its egg-shaped companion.
- Health & Medicine
Paralyzed rats relearn to pee
Bladder control restored for the first time in animals with stark spinal cord damage.
- Chemistry
High methane in drinking water near fracking sites
Well construction and geology may both play a role in pollution.
