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  1. Health & Medicine

    Main malaria parasite came to humans from gorillas, not chimps

    Using DNA from fecal samples, researchers show that the infection was not passed to Homo sapiens by its closest primate relative.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Health & Medicine

    Vital flaw

    Liver cells that inherit the wrong number of chromosomes often do just fine, and may even have some advantages.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Life

    Flies off-kilter

    In a newly described species, some males have one limb bigger than the other.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Health & Medicine

    Enzyme might underlie some stroke damage

    Inhibiting NOX4 in mice limits brain injury, tests show.