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  1. Health & Medicine

    Colorectal cancer risk linked to stomach bacterium, inflammation

    Stomach infection and high levels of inflammatory proteins are more common in people with colon polyps or disease, two studies show.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Chemistry

    From movies you’ll love to drugs you’ll take

    A new method picks out promising drug compounds by computer, in much the same way Netflix recommends DVDs to its customers.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Anthropology

    Hobbit debate goes out on some limbs

    A new analysis of fossil hobbits’ limb bones links them to much earlier hominids, and immediately attracts criticism.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Anthropology

    For ancient hominids, thumbs up on precision grip

    An analysis of a 6-million-year-old bone indicates that a humanlike grasp evolved among some of the earliest hominids.