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  1. Health & Medicine

    A hint at a healthful effect of beer

    Beer consumption seems to boost concentrations of vitamin B6 in blood and coincides with lower concentrations of homocysteine, a risk factor for heart disease.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Bats may spread new Malaysian virus

    A Nipah virus outbreak in Malaysia may have started when bats spread disease to pigs.

    By Nathan Seppa

  3. Invaders can conquer Africanized bees

    Bees that can take over even an Africanized-bee colony start by conning their nursemaids into giving them royal treatment.

    By Susan Milius

  4. Buddy power warms tent caterpillars

    Tent caterpillars get more heat and insulation than scientists had expected.