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  1. Animals

    Sex—perhaps a good idea after all

    A family of mites may be the first animal lineage shown to have abandoned sexual reproduction and then reevolved it millions of years later.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    A smart pill for seniors?

    A dietary supplement combo boosts older adults' performance on simple mental tests.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    This trick boosts cancer’s spread

    A compound that helps keep cells organized and stitched into tissues may play a role in the survival of cancer cells that have seeded distant tissues in the body.

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  4. Cancer patients aided by yoga

    In breast cancer patients, practicing yoga appears to reduce both depression and biochemical markers of inflammation.