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  1. Health & Medicine

    Cancer Advance: Treatment combinations stall colorectal cancer

    Two experimental drugs can induce remission in colorectal cancer patients and extend their survival.

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  2. Animals

    Skin Scam: Parasite’s host provides an insect hideaway

    A group of parasitic insects called Strepsiptera can hide inside their victim by making the host form a protective bag of its own skin.

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  3. Babble Rousers: Babies find their voice when given social push

    Eight-month-old infants utter more complex, speechlike sounds when their mothers encourage them with well-timed touches and smiles rather than with words offered as models to imitate.

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  4. Planetary Science

    Slowdown on Saturn? Windy doings on the ringed planet

    The winds in Saturn’s upper atmosphere are some of the swiftest in the solar system, but recent findings suggest there’s been a dramatic slowdown.