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  1. Astronomy

    Planetary Picture? Criteria for planethood cloud object’s identity

    Astronomers are debating whether an image of a planetary-mass object orbiting a brown dwarf qualifies as the first image of an extrasolar planet.

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  2. Animals

    Alive and Knocking: Glimpses of an ivory-billed legend

    New observations confirm that the famed ivory-billed woodpecker has not gone extinct after all.

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  3. Novel drug may take on lung cancer

    A drug that bottles up the so-called epidermal growth factor receptor might fight lung cancer.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Anti-inflammatory, anticholesterol drugs vs. cancer

    Cholesterol-lowering drugs, especially when combined with anti-inflammatory medication, may inhibit some cancers.