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  1. Ecosystems

    Saving Whales the Easy Way? Less lobstering could mean fewer deaths

    A provocative proposal suggests that the U.S. lobster fleet in the Gulf of Maine could reduce the number of traps, maintain its profits, and improve life for endangered right whales.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Coming to a Bad End: Lost chromosome tips linked to heart problems

    Men with short telomeres, the ends of chromosomes, are twice as likely to develop heart disease as are men with longer telomeres.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Chemistry

    Fish Killer Caught? Ephemeral Pfiesteria compound surfaces

    Scientists claim to have found an elusive algal toxin implicated in massive fish kills along the Mid-Atlantic coast in the 1990s.