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  1. Life

    Flashy drug spotlights infection

    Doctors may be able to watch for invading microbes with a fluorescent antibiotic.

    By Beth Mole
  2. Life

    Broccoli compound protects rats from lethal radiation

    Treatment shields healthy cells from gamma ray attack but lets tumors die.

    By Jessica Shugart
  3. Health & Medicine

    Electrodes dupe brain into feeling touch

    Stimulating the right neuron at the right time gave monkeys the sensation of contact.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Animals

    Dogs pick up robots’ social cues

    Dogs were more likely to pay attention to a PeopleBot robot — a machine with a laptop head and Mickey Mouse–style hands — after watching it walk, talk and shake hands with humans.