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  1. Astronomy

    Last Call

    The final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope could radically transform the observatory, but the crew faces some special challenges.

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  2. Neuroscience

    Breaking the Barrier

    A technique combining ultrasound pulses with microbubbles may help scientists move therapeutic drugs across the brain’s protective divide.

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  3. Life

    Sting Operation

    Scientists use bees and wasps to sniff out the illicit and the dangerous.

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  4. Potent Promise: Essential Stemness

    Scientists move closer to understanding the dual fates of embryonic stem cells — to divide or develop.

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  5. Physics

    It’s Likely That Times Are Changing

    A century ago, mathematician Hermann Minkowski famously merged space with time, establishing a new foundation for physics; today physicists are rethinking how the two should fit together

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  6. Potent Promise: Back to the Womb

    Reverting adult cells to an embryonic state without creating embryos is a tricky business.

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  7. Pop chirp bite crunch chew

    The ultrasonic din of dying trees inspires a new kind of research to save forests from beetle attacks — and battle climate change

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  8. Evolution’s Ear

    Recent changes in hearing-related genes may have influenced language development

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  9. Special Music Issue : PDF Download page

    All files are saved as PDFs.  Please download Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view these files. Music Special : Complete PackagePDF (1.8 MB) Birth of the beat (Bruce Bower) / Seeking a definition (Elizabeth Quill)/ Not just a pleasant sound (Elizabeth Quill) PDF (797 KB) More than a feeling (Susan Gaidos)/ Moody Tunes (Science News Staff)/ […]

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  10. Animals

    Built for Speed

    Animals would prove fierce competitors at the Olympics — if only they would stay in their lanes.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Neuron Killers

    Misfolded, clumping proteins evade conviction, but they remain prime suspects in neurodegenerative diseases.

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  12. Math

    Welcome to the Quantum Internet

    Quantum encryption is here, but the laws of physics can do much more than protect privacy.

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