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  1. Microbes

    Microscopic menagerie

    The microbes dwelling in and on multicellular organisms should be viewed as evolutionarily inseparable from their hosts, some biologists argue.

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  2. Life

    Feedback

    Readers discuss dog origins and how important a sense of scale is in science journalism.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Whooping cough bounces back

    A new type of pertussis vaccine introduced in the late 1990s may have led to the return of a disease that was nearly eradicated 40 years ago. Public opposition to vaccination hasn’t helped matters.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Possible measles drug tests well in animals

    Compound that saves ferrets from viral infection might someday lead to measles treatment.

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  5. Life

    The name of the fungus

    A rebellion has broken out against the traditional way of naming species in the peculiar, shape-shifting world of fungi.

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  6. Cosmology

    The mysterious boundary

    A debate has arisen over whether an astronaut passing a black hole’s point of no return would get stretched to death or flash-fried. Resolving the controversy may lead to new insights about gravity and more.

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  7. Psychology

    Online causes may attract more clicks than commitments

    Online awareness campaigns can make people feel they’ve contributed to a good cause, but social scientists say the tangible benefits of such efforts may be small.

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  8. Climate

    How species will, or won’t, manage in a warming world

    Fast evolution and flexibility, in biology and behavior, may allow some species to adapt to a warming world. Others may need help from humans, or risk dying out.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    New Australian virus infects people

    Australian scientists have identified a new virus, apparently spread by fruit bats, that causes birth defects in pigs and severe illness in some people exposed to infected pigs.

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  10. Puppy tests flunk long-term checkups

    A follow-up study of dog-personality tests suggests that they don't have the predictive power many puppy purchasers expect.

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  11. Brain-Cell Loss Found in Narcolepsy

    The puzzling sleep disorder known as narcolepsy stems from the destruction of a small group of brain cells.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Transplanted Hopes

    Islet-cell success may bring a diabetes cure closer.

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