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  1. Health & Medicine

    The Cancer of Dorian Gray

    By studying mice that have been engineered to carry mutations in certain tumor-suppressing genes, researchers have identified a link between cancer and aging.

    By Ben Harder
  2. Humans

    Letters from the November 4, 2006, issue of Science News

    Twisted logic? I have a question concerning “The Sun’s Halo in 3-D” (SN: 8/19/06, p. 120). It says, “As the sun rotates, its polar regions make a complete circle in about 34 days, compared with the 25 days required by its equator.” I was wondering how it’s possible to have two points on a rotating […]

    By Science News
  3. Humans

    From the October 24, 1936, issue

    A sugarcane jungle, stopping cancer growth with diet, and an insect-killing fungus.