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  1. Health & Medicine

    Brain speed-reads using just one part

    Scientists measure the speed of recognizing, manipulating and producing speech in human brains.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Anthropology

    Pygmies’ short stature linked to high death rates

    Island-dwelling pygmies provide contested evidence that body size shrinks as mortality rates climb.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Life

    Fly pheromones can say yes and no

    A new study begins to decode pheromone messages and finds that the same chemicals that attract can also maintain the species barrier.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Ecosystems

    Windy with a chance of weevils

    Scientists have traced the reappearance of cotton pests in west-central Texas to a tropical storm.