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  1. Plants

    Secret Agent: Hidden helper lets fungus save plants from heat

    A fungus that supposedly lets plants live in overheated soil turns out to work only if it's infected with a certain virus.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Good Poison? Carbon monoxide may stifle multiple sclerosis

    A study in mice suggests that small amounts of carbon monoxide might alleviate symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Paleontology

    Ancient Glider: Dinosaur took to the air in biplane style

    About 125 million years before the Wright Brothers took to the air with their biplane, a 1-meter-long dinosaur may have been swooping from tree to tree using the same arrangement of wings.