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  1. Life

    Genes & Cells

    How nanotubes trigger a cell’s gag reflex, the skulking 1918 flu and more in this week’s news.

    By Science News
  2. Life

    Singled Out

    How to study cells, one by one.

    By Susan Gaidos
  3. Planetary Science

    Fertile Frontiers

    Alien-life hunters focus on moons in outer solar system

    By Nadia Drake
  4. Health & Medicine

    The Probabilistic Mind

    Human brains evolved to deal with doubt.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Life

    Penguins may sniff out relatives

    A zoo study sees hints of odor-based kin recognition in colony-dwelling birds.

    By Susan Milius
  6. Life

    XMRV tie to chronic fatigue debunked

    A virus that was tied to the mysterious syndrome by 2009 research appears to have been a laboratory contaminant.