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  1. Health & Medicine

    Ebola May Enter Cell via Folate Gate

    A cell-surface molecule that normally binds to folate might be targeted by Ebola and Marburg viruses as their entry point to people's cells.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Reptilian drug may help treat diabetes

    The synthetic version of exendin-4, a compound in gila monster venom, helps insulin injections control blood sugar in people with type I, or juvenile-onset, diabetes.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Thinking blurs when blood sugar strays

    Blood sugar concentrations that are too high or too low can impair thinking and, in the case of low blood sugar, driving ability.

    By Nathan Seppa

  4. Shut up! A thunderstorm’s on the way

    The narrow-leafed gentian, a mountain blossom, is the first flower shown to close when a thunderstorm apporaches.