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  1. Life

    To cook up life, just add citrate

    The theory that RNA spawned the first organisms gets a boost from a common compound.

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  2. Planetary Science

    Jupiter’s Great Red Spot explained

    A computer simulation is the first to explain how Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has survived for the nearly 200 years humans have observed it.

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  3. Life

    Compounds defeat malaria at every step

    Experimental drugs are first to kill all stages of the parasite’s infection cycle.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Thalidomide treats Crohn’s disease

    Study of children with the inflammatory bowel disorder raises possibility of new use for tainted drug.