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  1. Health & Medicine

    New drug boosts hepatitis C treatments

    An experimental medication has cleared a major hurdle and seems poised for FDA approval, two studies show.

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  2. Space

    First portraits of Mercury from orbit

    MESSENGER spacecraft to capture more than 1,500 images in three days.

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  3. Life

    Wasps airlift annoying ants

    In a scrap over food, being big and able to fly is an advantage.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Worms live longer with thioflavin T

    A dye commonly used by Alzheimer’s disease researchers to spot misshapen proteins gives lab nematodes longer lives, scientists say.

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  5. Space

    First shot of Mercury from orbit

    MESSENGER has radioed to Earth a new look at the first rock from the sun.