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  1. Animals

    Not-So-Elementary Bee Mystery

    Old-style epidemiology casework combines with an array of 21st-century lab tests in the search for clues to the disappearance of honeybees.

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  2. Humans

    From the July 17, 1937, issue

    Tung trees from China make their mark in the southeastern United States, early concerns about oil shortages, and a suggestion that telescopes might already be seeing almost to the edge of the universe.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Phytochemical Beauty

    Our Food For Thought column recently published two offerings on health-related findings about genistein, a soybean constituent. Ever wonder what that chemical looks like? Or how about capsaicin—the spicy agent in hot chilies being explored as a painkiller, lycopene—the red pigment in watermelons that may protect our skin against harmful ultraviolet rays, or sulforaphane—a trace […]

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  4. Chemical Conversation: Red blood cells send a signal that makes platelets less sticky

    Red blood cells can send a chemical signal that makes platelets less sticky, easing blood flow through narrow vessels.