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  1. Health & Medicine

    A new antifungal drug works in a surprising way

    Mandimycin, which targets a different essential fungi cell resource than other antifungal drugs, should harm other cell types as collateral — but doesn’t.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Archaeology

    Neandertal-like tools found in China present a mystery

    A style of primitive stone tools named for the French site where they were first discovered have shown up half a world away.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Climate

    Splitting seawater offers a path to sustainable cement production

    Cement manufacture is a huge carbon emitter. A by-product of splitting seawater might make the process more environmentally friendly.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  4. Astronomy

    A nebula’s X-ray glow may come from a destroyed giant planet

    Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.