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Feature: The Sounds of Silence

By Jenny Rood

Science-based tinnitus therapeutics are finally coming into their own.

Immune Cells Can Deliver Deadly Packages

By Amanda B. Keener

Much of the CD4+ T-cell death that occurs during HIV infection may be caused by direct delivery of the virus from neighboring cells, a study shows.

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Using FOIA to Read Scientists’ Emails

By Kerry Grens

Journalists and activists use the Freedom of Information Act to expose academics’ relationships with industry.

Ancient DNA Elucidates Basque Origins

By Bob Grant

Researchers find that the people of northern Spain and southern France are an amalgam of early Iberian farmers and local hunters.

Plague Outbreak in Madagascar

By Karen Zusi

Pneumonic plague last month claimed 10 lives in 13 days, the World Health Organization reports.

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Trichoplax adhaerens, an animal with only six cell types and no nervous system, secretes digestive enzymes to break down microalgae (red) and then ingests the material.

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Hearing loss can occur for a variety of reasons, and sometimes more than one.

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