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  1. Life

    Genes may explain who gets sick from flu

    People who stay well even after being exposed to the flu have a strong immune reaction to the virus, but in exactly the opposite way as those who get sick.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Humans

    Beneficial liaisons

    DNA gift from our extinct cousins not only lives on in people today, but helps people today live on.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Space

    Asteroid sample nails meteorite source

    Dust returned from space by the Hayabusa mission shows where most space rocks landing on Earth originate.

    By Nadia Drake
  4. Life

    Young elephant struck by idea

    In a test of insight, a 7-year-old pachyderm finds a way to use toy cube to snag a fruity treat hung just out of reach.