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LifeTasmanian devil disease reveals its secrets
The contagious cancer evades the animal’s immune system by turning off key genes.
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HumansCannibalism in Colonial America comes to life
Researchers have found the first skeletal evidence that starving colonists ate their own.
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AnimalsTamed fox shows domestication’s effects on the brain
Gene activity changes accompany doglike behavior in foxes bred over more than 50 years.
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PsychologyDog sniffs out grammar
After years of word training, a canine intuitively figures out how simple sentences work.
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SpaceFormer planet may have grown a tail
Pluto appears to trail a cometlike cloud of gas.
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HumansNetworks dominated by rule of the few
Certain systems, including social hubs like Facebook, can be directed from relatively few control points.
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HumansHumans
New World’s oldest dog may have been dinner, plus worrisome PTSD and the benefits of artful dodging in this week’s news.
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LifeHey kitty, dogs drink like cats
High-speed video shows that canines don’t simply scoop up water, they toss it into their mouths just like their feline frenemies.
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LifeGenes & Cells
Gene therapy for dogs, plus an HIV gatekeeper and new neurons from skin in this week’s news.
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LifeGenes & Cells
Extreme sibling rivalry, mitochondrial breakups and tubular cells in this week’s news.
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LifeNew gene therapy fixes mistakes
For the first time scientists have repaired a damaged gene in a living mouse.
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AnimalsBaboon bosses get stressed for success
In the wild, the most powerful males reign tensely.
By Bruce Bower