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  1. Earth

    Deep hole spotted on moon

    The feature may be a ‘skylight’ in an underground lava tube.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Malaria shows signs of resisting best drug used to fight it

    The frontline malaria medicine artemisinin shows gaps in effectiveness in Southeast Asia.

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  3. Animals

    Classic view of leaf-cutter ants overlooked nitrogen-fixing partner

    A fresh look at a fungus-insect partnership that biologists have studied for more than a century uncovers a role for bacteria.

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  4. Life

    Corn genome a maze of unusual diversity

    Multiple teams announce complete draft of the maize genome, with a full plate of surprises that include hints about hybrid vigor.