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  1. Health & Medicine

    Juice could ward off cancer in smokers

    Drinking grapefruit juice every day could reduce the risk of developing cancer from smoking.

    By Alexandra Goho
  2. Earth

    Compost reduces landfill gas

    Field tests suggest that covering solid waste with compost instead of conventional soil could reduce methane-gas emissions from landfills.

    By Diana Parsell
  3. Animals

    Owls use tools: Dung is lure for beetles

    Burrowing owls' habit of bringing mammal dung to their burrows attracts edible beetles and counts as form of tool use.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Health & Medicine

    Immune reaction to poison gas brings delayed effects

    Researchers have a new understanding of why some survivors of carbon monoxide poisoning later develop concentration problems, personality changes, or sensory impairments.