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  1. Humans

    Letters from the January 1, 2005, issue of Science News

    Just the facts My response as an educator to much of the outrageous science depicted in so many of the recent blockbuster hits is very different from that of many of the scientists quoted (“What’s Wrong with This Picture?” SN: 10/16/04, p. 250: What’s Wrong with This Picture?). The films provide a wonderful source of […]

    By Science News
  2. Health & Medicine

    One-Two Punch: Vaccine fights herpes with antibodies, T cells

    An experimental vaccine against genital herpes shows promise in animal tests.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Earth

    Joining the Resistance: Drug-immune microbes waft over hogs

    Many bacteria found floating within a farm building are invulnerable to multiple antibiotics, confirming that airborne dispersal could spread drug-resistant microbes from animals to people.