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  1. Animals

    Bite This: Borrowed toad toxins save snake’s neck

    An Asian snake gets toxins by salvaging them from the poisonous toads it eats.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Early Fix: Prion disease remedied in mice

    Diseases caused by misfolded proteins called prions can be reversed if caught early enough, experiments in mice suggest.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Astronomy

    Kaput: Hubble’s main camera stops working

    The sharpest, most sensitive camera on the aging Hubble Space Telescope has stopped working.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Earth

    Disaster’s Consequences: Hurricane’s legacy includes arsenic

    Construction debris strewn across the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina contains a disturbing amount of arsenic that could contaminate groundwater if not properly managed.