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  1. Animals

    Snail slime does many jobs thanks to calcium

    Snails have five distinct types of mucus, each with its own job. The mollusks tweak calcium secretions to get the chemical mixture just right.

    By Jake Buehler
  2. Health & Medicine

    The COVID-19 vaccine may offer brain cancer patients a surprise benefit

    A recent shot of the COVID-19 vaccine doubled survival time in glioblastoma patients who had undergone tumor biopsy or surgery.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Health & Medicine

    How a brutal drought may have helped unleash yellow fever in Brazil

    Animals searching for water brought the forest to the city, perhaps sparking Brazil’s first yellow fever outbreak in decades.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  4. Health & Medicine

    A light-based scan could detect deadly bowel disease in preterm babies

    Necrotizing enterocolitis strikes premature babies with almost no warning.