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  1. Health & Medicine

    SARS vaccine tests well in mouse model

    Scientists have developed a DNA vaccine that stops the SARS infection in mice.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Earth

    Inhaling your food—and its cooking fuel

    Cooking emits easily inhaled pollutants that travel throughout a home and can linger for hours.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Anthropology

    Gene implicated in apes’ brain growth

    A gene with poorly understood functions began to accumulate favorable mutations around 8 million years ago and probably contributed to brain expansion in ancient apes.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Tech

    Fluid lens flows into focus

    By controlling a boundary between oil and water, researchers have created a liquid lens that can quickly alter its shape in response to electric signals.