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  1. Earth

    Lead Therapy Won’t Help Most Kids

    Removing lead from the blood fails to spare even moderately exposed children from cognitive impairments.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Health & Medicine

    Fat may spur heart cells on to suicide

    Fat in the heart may kill cells and eventually lead to heart failure.

    By Jessa Netting
  3. Health & Medicine

    Virulent bacterium’s DNA is sequenced

    The completed genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus reveals transfers from other organisms of many of the antibiotic-resistance and virulence genes.

    By Jessa Netting
  4. Earth

    Pump up a plateau to make a monsoon

    Computer models show that the onset and strengthening of Asian monsoons over the past 8 million to 9 million years are strongly linked to various stages in the uplift of the Tibetan plateau.