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  1. Earth

    Excreted Drugs: Something Looks Fishy

    Drugs that the body can't fully use enter waste water, where they may affect aquatic life—or wind up in tap water.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Health & Medicine

    Imaging Parkinson’s

    A new brain-imaging technique can supply proof of Parkinson's disease in people whose symptoms fall short of the standard definition of the disease.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Zapping bone brings relief from tumor pain

    By unleashing radio waves inside bone, researchers have stopped intractable pain in people with cancer that has spread to their skeletons.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Bilirubin: Both villain and hero?

    Bilirubin, which causes jaundice in newborns, may protect against cellular damage.