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  1. Life

    ‘Promiscuous’ enzymes can compensate for disabled genes

    Promiscuous enzymes can step in when bacteria lose genes they need to function.

    By Laurel Hamers
  2. Animals

    Anemone proteins offer clue to restoring hearing loss

    Proteins that sea anemones use to regenerate may help restore damaged hearing in mammals.

    By Cassie Martin
  3. Neuroscience

    Sleep deprivation hits some brain areas hard

    Brain scan study reveals hodgepodge effects of sleep deprivation.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Plants

    Sneaky virus helps plants multiply, creating more hosts

    Plant virus makes hosts more attractive to pollinators, ensuring future virus-susceptible plants.

    By Laurel Hamers
  5. Animals

    Study ranks Greenland shark as longest-lived vertebrate

    Radiocarbon in eye lenses suggests mysterious Greenland sharks might live for almost 400 years.