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  1. Health & Medicine

    Higher colon cancer rates may reflect earlier screening success

    The recommended age for starting colorectal cancer screening is now 45. That shift may explain a rise in early cases.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Animals

    The mystery of melting sea stars may finally be solved 

    A bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida may be melting sea stars along North America’s Pacific coast.

    By Siddhant Pusdekar
  3. Astronomy

    Seven superclouds sit just beyond the solar system

    The superclouds probably produce star-forming clouds of gas, since most nearby stellar nurseries are located within the giants.

    By McKenzie Prillaman
  4. Health & Medicine

    Some probiotics could feed, rather than fend off, infections

    Probiotics containing Lactobacillus gasseri Lg-36 prevented C.