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  1. Health & Medicine

    Experimental blood pressure drug takes natural approach

    Dual-action compound tests well in large group of people with mild to moderate hypertension

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  2. Chemistry

    Methane-making microbes thrive under the ice

    Antarctica’s ice sheets could hide vast quantities of the greenhouse gas, churned out by a buried ecosystem.

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  3. Space

    Spacecraft takes express tour of Martian moon

    New images and gravity data reveal details about the origin and composition of Phobos.

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  4. Life

    To catch a thief, follow his filthy hands

    Bacteria from a person’s hands may provide a new type of fingerprint.

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  5. Ecosystems

    Iron fertilization in ocean nourishes toxic algae

    Efforts to prevent global warming by fertilizing the oceans with iron could trigger harmful algal blooms.