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  1. Life

    Aging: Nature’s way of reducing competition for resources

    Aging may have developed in many species as a genetic mechanism to conserve future resources. If the controversial proposal is true, then scientists may be able to greatly extend life span by deactivating the machinery for aging embedded in our DNA.

    By Andrew Grant
  2. Genetics

    A circadian clock transplant gives E. coli rhythm

    Clockworks from algae built into E. coli may hold future jet lag treatment.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Earth

    Fluid injection triggers earthquakes indirectly, study finds

    An up-close look at artificially triggered quakes suggests that tremors start slow and smooth.

    By Thomas Sumner
  4. Life

    A protein variant can provide protection from deadly brain-wasting

    If cannibalism hadn’t stopped, a protective protein may have ended kuru anyway.