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  1. Life

    Marine microbes fritter away jelly bonus

    Bacterial feasts during jellyfish blooms drain valuable carbon out of the food web.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    PHOTOCAP: Deadly bugs

    Toxin-producing E. coli strain causes outbreak in Germany.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Drug prevents some breast cancers

    A hormone-blocking compound can waylay some malignancies in healthy women who are deemed at risk.

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  4. Humans

    Site hints at Asian roots for human genus

    An early Homo species inhabited the Caucasus region 1.85 million years ago, casting doubt on its proposed African origin.

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  5. Space

    Black hole jets in HD

    Images of unprecedented resolution offer insight into how black holes swallow up matter.