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  1. Life

    Cabbage circadian clocks tick even after picking

    Daily cycles in vegetables help ward off hungry caterpillars.

    By Cristy Gelling
  2. Humans

    Aerial radar sizes up ancient urban sprawl

    Angkor, the capital of Cambodia's Khmer empire, included carefully planned  suburbs that spread across the landscape.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Life

    On the trail of a new virus

    Map of MERS infection finds microbe spread through hospital dialysis units.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Anthropology

    Snails trace Stone Age trek from Iberia to Ireland

    A genetic quirk linking snails in two distant areas suggests people brought escargot on their migration to the Emerald Isle.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Health & Medicine

    Ebola thwarted in mice by drugs for infertility, cancer

    Extensive search of existing medicines turns up two that seem to fend off deadly virus.