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Life

Extinction in lab bottle was a fluke, experiment finds

Extinction in a bottle was a random catastrophe, not survival of the fittest.

Health & Medicine

Recent advances may improve Jimmy Carter’s chances against melanoma

Improvements in melanoma treatment over the last five years may aid former President Jimmy Carter’s battle against the disease.

Animals

Seeing humans as superpredators

People have become a unique predator, hunting mostly adults of other species.

Genetics

Gene thought to cause obesity works indirectly

Researchers have discovered a “genetic switch” that determines whether people will burn extra calories or save them as fat.