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  1. Health & Medicine

    Inflammation inhibitor may limit heart attacks

    A new drug suppresses an inflammation-causing protein that has been linked to heart attacks.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Plants

    Built-in bird perch spreads the pollen

    Tests confirm the idea that a plant benefits from growing a bird perch to let pollinators get the best angle for reaching the flowers.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Planetary Science

    Craft show

    The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft recently imaged Mars Odyssey and Mars Express, marking the first time that a spacecraft orbiting a planet other than Earth has captured images of other craft circling the same planet.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Tech

    Morphing Memory

    A promising memory technology for future portable gadgets exploits the same atom-shuffling materials that have already led to rewritable CDs and DVDs.