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  1. Health & Medicine

    Carbon monoxide may limit vascular damage

    Carbon monoxide given in small doses to rats can prevent injury to blood vessels caused by surgery.

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  2. Archaeology

    Farming sprouted in ancient Ecuador

    Analyses of microscopic plant remains from two archaeological sites indicate that people began to grow squash in Ecuador's lowlands between 10,000 and 9,000 years ago, when agriculture was also taking root in Mexico.

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  3. Math

    Knotty Calculations

    An alternative approach to quantum computing takes advantage of space-time knots and braids.

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  4. Mining the Mouse

    Recent analyses of the mouse genome illuminate human health and evolution.