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  1. Life

    Spiders love sweet smell of blood perfume

    For on spider species, feeding on blood-gorged mosquitoes adds charm to a mate

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Psychiatric meds can bring on rapid weight gain in kids

    Drugs that alleviate severe mental disorders can also result in troubling metabolic changes.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Earth

    Unicorn fly of the Cretaceous

    An ancient fly discovered trapped in amber sports a horn atop its head and topped with three eyes.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Health & Medicine

    Redefining self, phantom self

    Amputees who feel phantom limbs can learn to do physically impossible body tricks

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  5. Health & Medicine

    Skin bacteria different in diabetic mice

    An excessive number and low diversity of skin bacteria could explain why wounds in diabetics are slow to heal

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Earth

    World’s longest cave formation still growing

    Minerals still accumulate in New Mexico’s Snowy River.