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Health & Medicine

Drugs tested for Lou Gehrig’s disease

Two drugs, one for cancer and one for arthritis, may be effective treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Fishy data hid decline in global catch

Many coastal fisheries are in trouble, yet according to figures reported to the United Nations, the annual global yield has appeared to be stable or even growing.

Ecosystems

Move over, Leo. Give me more elbow room

The average size of the largest land animals on each of 25 oceanic islands and five continents strongly depends on the land area there.

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Transgenes migrate into old races of maize

Genes from bioengineered corn have somehow strayed into the traditional varieties of southern Mexico.