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  1. Animals

    A tardigrade protein helped reduce radiation damage in mice

    Mouse cells tweaked to produce the tardigrade protein incurred less DNA damage than unaltered cells — hinting at a new tool for cancer patient care.

    By Rohini Subrahmanyam
  2. Health & Medicine

    Tuberculosis could be eradicated. So why isn’t it?

    John Green’s new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, reveals how social injustice sustains the disease, despite available cures and vaccines.

    By Andrea Tamayo
  3. Agriculture

    How silicon turns tomato plants into mean, green, pest-killing machines

    Treated plants fight pests without the need for toxic pesticides, oozing a "larval toffee" that stunts tomato pinworms’ growth and attracts predators.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  4. Climate

    Buying carbon credits to fight climate change? Here’s what to know

    Carbon credits sold on the voluntary market are under scrutiny for not offsetting greenhouse gas emissions as claimed.