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- Mystery Meteorite: The case for (and against) a rock from Mercury
- Hard Times for Theorists in a Post-Higgs World: The Large Hadron Collider’s big success leaves no clear avenue for new physics
- In the Eye of the Tiger: Global spread of Asian tiger mosquito could fuel outbreaks of tropical disease in temperate regions
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- Infection time: Disease is more severe when it hits in the morning, at least in mice
- Explainer: Our bodies’ internal clocks: Biological clocks determine hunger, sleepiness and other daily rhythms
- Flu in the air: Germs tiny enough to pass through surgical masks may cause half of all cases
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Web edition: December 30, 2011
Print edition: January 14, 2012; Vol.181 #1 (p. 4)
SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC BLOG
A government panel wants Science and Nature to withhold data that could be used to make bird flu more deadly. See “Researchers, journals asked to censor data.”
ENVIRONMENT
Survival rates of young fish could suffer from ocean acidification levels expected this century. Read “Acid test points to coming fish troubles.”
ON THE SCENE BLOG
Tiny competitors raced (below) as a way to learn how cells move. Learn more in “Vying for the title of World’s Fastest Cell.”
HUMANS
A big New World population decline after European contact left a genetic mark. See “DNA highlights Native American die-off.”
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