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Planetary ScienceFar-out science
New measurements show that the planetoid Sedna spins more rapidly than earlier observations had suggested.
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Health & MedicineWhen the stomach gets low on acid
A study in mice shows that a shortage of stomach acid can lead to cancer, apparently as a result of bacterial overgrowth and inflammation.
By Nathan Seppa -
Many cyanobacteria make a neurotoxin
A brain-damaging toxin, once believed to come only from a group of tropical plants and their live-in microbes, turns out to be much more widespread.
By Susan Milius -
Health & MedicineLicorice ingredient ferrets out herpes
A compound in licorice homes in on lab-grown cells infected with a herpes virus and induces them to self-destruct.