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  1. Animals

    Family Tree: An arboreal genome is sequenced

    Researchers have sequenced the genome of a tree for the first time.

    By Christen Brownlee
  2. Anthropology

    Scripted Stone: Ancient block may bear Americas’ oldest writing

    A slab of stone found by road builders in southern Mexico may contain the oldest known writing in the Americas, although some scientists regard the nearly 3,000-year-old inscriptions cautiously.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Health & Medicine

    Weapon against MS: Transplant drug limits nerve damage

    An immune-suppressing drug called fingolimod slows multiple sclerosis relapses in patients.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Earth

    Link between El Niños and droughts in India

    Scientists have discovered a correlation between droughts in India and a particular type of El Niño, the climate phenomenon marked by increased sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific.