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University of Cambridge professor Elizabeth Murchison and Peter Emerson of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department scoop up catfish for testing in Newport, VT. Emerson was one of the researchers to publish a new paper in the journal Nature describing the first known transmissible cancer in fish.
Joshua Brown
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University of Vermont
A strange transmissible cancer is spreading through the catfish in this lake
Ari Daniel
For more than a decade, there's been something fishy going on in a lake that straddles Vermont and the province of Quebec. It involves cancer, a kind of catfish, and — possibly — clues about how tumors metastasize.
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Getty Images
In pursuit of 'Instagram face,' are we losing the imperfections that make us human?
Tonya Mosley
The reflecting pool resurfacing has had many dramatic twists and turns, from algae to arrests to a second draining.
Jackie Lay
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NPR
People are watching the Reflecting Pool like reality TV. What does that say about us?
Rachel Treisman
Elmore Wonsley, center, speaks next to attorney Ben Crump, left, and Rev. Al Sharpton during a memorial service for Nolan Xavier Wells on Monday.
Gerald Herbert
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AP
Independent autopsy 'inconclusive' on cause of death for 18-year-old Nolan Wells in Mississippi
Brian Mann, Elise Gregg
Texas Standard
Talarico and Paxton campaign stops in the RGV highlight different visions for Texas
Talarico did a tour of the border and Paxton made a pit stop in McAllen.
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