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  1. Health & Medicine

    Prostate protection? This is fishy

    Diets rich in fish may cut a man's risk of prostate cancer.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Animals

    Fruit flies hear by spinning their noses

    Drosophila have a rotating ear—and odor-sensing—structure that's new to science.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Health & Medicine

    Studies suggest how salad may protect heart

    Lutein, a yellow pigment in many fruits and vegetables, may inhibit processes that jump-start the development of atherosclerosis.

    By Janet Raloff
  4. Chemistry

    Chemists decorate nanotubes for usefulness

    Researchers have developed a new technique for attaching groups of atoms to the sides of carbon nanotubes, creating compounds with extraordinary strength and conductivity.