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  1. Life

    Eggs have own biological clock

    Reproductive cells age independently from the rest of the body, research in worms reveals.

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  2. Life

    Bacteria in bondage

    Cells unleash proteins to cage unwanted invaders.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Scooters save lives of snakebite victims

    Nepal project achieves dramatic drop in deaths by using motorbike helpers to rush the stricken to hospital.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    E. coli evade detection by going dormant

    When stressed, bacteria can temporarily turn comatose and dodge germ-screening tests.

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  5. Space

    Distant world looks ripe for life

    Extrasolar planet hunt spots its most Earthlike orb yet.