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- Science & Society
Top 25 stories of 2013, from microbes to meteorites
This year, careful readers may have noticed a steady accumulation of revelations about the bacterial communities that call the human body home.
- Life
Unusual virus may tie snakes in knots
Captive snakes with a fatal disease harbor viruses never before seen in reptiles.
- Life
New swine flu virus could infect people
Strains found in Korean pigs contain gene mutations that make them potentially transmissible to humans.
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- Microbes
Me and my microbiome
Tina Hesman Saey tries out new services offering clients a peek at their own bacteria.
- Health & Medicine
HIV vaccine trial stopped
Shots-plus-booster strategy deemed ineffective in preventing infection.
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- Life
Year in Review: Your body is mostly microbes
Microbiome results argue for new view of animals as superorganisms.
- Life
Invasive mite worsens honeybee viruses
Once-obscure deformed wing virus swept to prominence in honeybee colonies in Hawaiian islands as invasive pest arrived.
- Health & Medicine
Disrupted brain chatter produces schizophrenia-like symptoms in mice
By quieting part of the thalamus, researchers create rodents with cognitive deficits that mirror those in people with the condition.
