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  1. Health & Medicine

    Gene linked to some smokers’ lung cancer

    FGFR1 is amped up in a subset of cancers; inhibiting its proteins can shrink tumors in mice.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Earth

    Gassy volcanoes tied to mass extinction

    Chemicals from a massive Siberian eruption 250 million years ago may have polluted the atmosphere and killed off most life on the planet.

    By Alexandra Witze
  3. Life

    Mice missing protein burn more fat

    Research on the receptor for the 'hunger hormone' suggests a molecular strategy for revving up the body’s furnace.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Health & Medicine

    Salvia says high

    Laboratory researchers show that the psychoactive substance in a popular, largely legal recreational drug causes a short but intense period of hallucination.