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A new strain of fish may help researchers hook some of the nastier effects of water pollution, Sara Abdulla reports.

New HIV research shows once again that women are a law unto themselves, reports Sara Abdulla.

Eleanor Lawrence reports on a new strain of bacteria genetically engineered to clean up soil and water contaminated by toxic radioactive waste.

Looking for the functions of the thousands of genes identified by the human genome sequencing projects might not be as tedious as people have been predicting, reports Valerie Depraetere.

Researchers may have found a bridge to a lost world at the bottom of a test tube, reports Sara Abdulla.

The deadly venom of the black widow spider contains a toxin that punctures cell membranes. Now researchers have discovered that this destructive stuff looks like a windmill with a hole in the middle, Tracy Smith reports.