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Health & MedicineStudy fails to link vasectomy to cancer
Researchers have found that men with prostate cancer are no more likely to have had a vasectomy than healthy men are.
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PhysicsPaper planes get laser liftoff
Powering aircraft by remote lasers works—at least on paper.
By Peter Weiss -
EarthStudy links cancer to Vatican Radio
Broadcast transmissions from a forest of antennas owned by Vatican Radio, outside Rome, appear to have boosted leukemia incidence in neighboring communities.
By Janet Raloff -
Health & MedicineMethod could boost diabetes therapy
Allowing insulin-producing islets to grow in close contact with each other during cell culture may increase the chance of successful transplant into diabetic people.