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  1. Hunter Beware: Infectious proteins found in deer muscle

    Infectious agents that cause a mad cow–like infection in deer and elk are present in infected animals' muscles.

    By Christen Brownlee

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    I must quibble about the headline of this piece about chronic wasting disease in deer. “Hunter Beware” sounds ominous, but in order to get the mice to exhibit symptoms after getting muscle tissue from infected deer, it was necessary to use genetically engineered mice carrying deer protein. While hunters would be unlikely to take and […]

    By Science News
  3. Earth

    Charting the Past: Surveys map two lost harbors of Phoenicia

    By analyzing long tubes of sediment drilled from locations in and around the Mediterranean ports of Tyre and Sidon, scientists have rediscovered the harbors from which legions of ancient Phoenician mariners set sail.