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  1. Health & Medicine

    New software aids virtual colonoscopy

    A computer program helps radiologists spot dangerous growths in the colon without probing inside the body.

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  2. Astronomy

    Dark shadows

    New radio telescope images of the center of the Milky Way make an even more compelling case that a supermassive black hole resides there.

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  3. Earth

    Microbe polishes off pollutant

    Researchers have determined how long a pesticide residue would remain in the environment if the microbe Pseudomonas pavonaceae didn't metabolize it.

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  4. Best Friend’s Genome: Dog’s DNA sheds light on human genetics, too

    Scientists have published the genome of a boxer, a detailed comparison of the dog's genome with the genomes of mice and people, and a study of genetic variation among dog breeds.