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  1. Health & Medicine

    Saffron takes on cancer

    The yellow spice inhibits liver cancer growth, tests in rats show.

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  2. Astronomy

    Star goes boom, telescopes zoom

    Astronomers have spotted a supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy, the nearest such stellar explosion in decades.

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  3. Chemistry

    Pooping pandas may make better biofuels

    Gut microbes break down bamboo efficiently, inspiring new approaches to process raw plant materials for fuel.

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  4. Tech

    Mining electronic records yields connections between diseases

    Mining patient records, combined with molecular research, may reveal new links among medical conditions.

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  5. Life

    Belly bacteria boss the brain

    One type of gut microbe sends antianxiety messages through the vagus nerve, changing the behavior of mice.