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    • Captive pandas succumb to killer virusDeaths at breeding center in China have put scientists on edge.
    • Ebola drug trials lurch aheadChanging epidemiology and hints of success alter studies of experimental treatments.
    • Sustainable goals from U.N. under fireScientific review labels development targets as vague, weak, or meaningless.
    • China's lakes of pig manure spawn antibiotic resistanceResearchers begin to size up a public health threat from burgeoning pork production.
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    • Who are the Tibetans?China and some scientists say they are Chinese. But others see a richer picture.
    • Agricultural researchers rattled by demands for documentsGroup opposed to GM foods asks a dozen scientists to hand over letters, e-mails in probe of academic-industry ties.

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