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  1. Earth

    Feminized Frogs: Herbicide disrupts sexual growth

    At concentrations currently found in water, the widely used weed killer atrazine hormonally strips male frogs of their masculinity and may be partly responsible for global amphibian declines.

    By Ben Harder
  2. Health & Medicine

    Drug for dry mouth may prevent lung cancer

    A drug prescribed for a condition called dry mouth stymies formation of precancerous lung lesions in cigarette smokers.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Gene mutation tied to lung cancer

    Scientists have identified a gene, dubbed LKB1/STK11, that is often mutated in people with a particularly deadly form of lung cancer.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Compound attacks pancreatic cancer

    A protein fragment dubbed NK4 can stall the development of pancreatic cancer in mice.