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  1. Ecosystems

    Fish as Farmers: Reef residents tend an algal crop

    A damselfish cultivates underwater gardens of an algal species that researchers haven't found growing on its own.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Total Recall: Drug shows long-lasting boosts of memory in rats

    Research in rats shows that an experimental drug completely regenerates parts of the brain crucial to forming memories.

    By Eric Jaffe
  3. Health & Medicine

    Need for Speed: Faster-acting tuberculosis drugs now in testing would limit deaths

    Drugs that take only 2 months to cure tuberculosis instead of the usual 6 months could prevent millions of TB infections and deaths.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Astronomy

    Solar System Small Fry: Stellar blinks reveal tiny bodies near Pluto

    By measuring tiny dips in the intensity of X rays from a distant star, astronomers say they have detected more than 50 of the tiniest chunks of ice ever found in the outer solar system.