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Web edition: January 13, 2012
Print edition: January 28, 2012; Vol.181 #2 (p. 4)
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SCIENCE & SOCIETY
Plants, algae and fungi can now be named online and in English. Read “Botanists et al freed from Latin, paper.”
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Videos and robots show how reptiles use their tails to balance in midair. See “Measuring the leap of a lizard.”
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Climate-related natural disasters are on the rise. Learn more in “Insurance payouts point to climate change.”
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Cassini images give a ringside view of Saturn’s moons Titan and Dione. See “Saturn moons spied from the side.”
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