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Ecosystems

Move over, Leo. Give me more elbow room

The average size of the largest land animals on each of 25 oceanic islands and five continents strongly depends on the land area there.

Earth

Transgenes migrate into old races of maize

Genes from bioengineered corn have somehow strayed into the traditional varieties of southern Mexico.

Earth

Dried-up California lake gets muddy facial

A new dust-abatement program is transforming the nation's biggest source of respirable dust into a sea of nonpolluting mud.

Health & Medicine

Protein fragment halts type I diabetes

A new protein-based drug injected into people just starting to show signs of diabetes halts the disease.

Health & Medicine

Human-cloning claim creates controversy

A biotech company has begun cloning human embryos.

Astronomy

Craft Probes Alien Planet’s Atmosphere

Astronomers have for the first time detected the atmosphere of a planet that lies well beyond the solar system.

Health & Medicine

Kawasaki patients show coronary calcium

The heart attack risk associated with Kawasaki disease, a childhood inflammatory disease that can cause aneurysms, may stem from calcium build-up in coronary arteries.

Health & Medicine

Light blow to chest can be fatal

A light blow to the heart can cause cardiac arrest, even when the blow isn't hard enough to cause injury.

Health & Medicine

Statins, yes; antioxidants, no

Taking cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins improves the health outlook for patients at risk of heart attack even when these patients aren't considered obvious candidates to receive the treatment.

Health & Medicine

Cuff therapy boosts growth factor

Cuffs that squeeze the legs of heart patients may relieve angina by boosting growth factors, which help build new blood vessels needed to nourish oxygen-starved heart muscle.