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  1. Health & Medicine

    Hepatitis C drug goes after patients’ RNA

    An experimental medicine that targets a type of RNA in the liver leads to reduced virus levels in patients.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Life

    Blind cave-dwelling fish also hard of hearing

    Two species that live in the dark have worse hearing than do their surface-living cousins.

    By Puneet Kollipara
  3. Life

    Gut microbes may be behind weight loss after gastric bypass

    Mice slim down after receiving bacteria transplanted from rodents that had the surgery.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Psychology

    Competition brings out autism’s social side

    Given motivation, kids with autism can appreciate what other people think and believe.