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  1. Earth

    A Gemstone’s Wild Ride

    Diamonds may be carried to the surface in explosions of gas and rock fizzing up from deep within Earth's mantle.

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  2. Humans

    Summer Reading

    The staff of Science News presents wide-ranging recommendations of books for readers to pack for their summer vacations.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Stents Stumble

    After a meteoric rise, stents coated with drugs to prevent renarrowing of clogged arteries have begun to fall from favor among cardiologists.

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  4. Earth

    Storm Center

    Scientists aboard planes that flew into the cores of Katrina and other hurricanes in 2005 collected unprecedented data on the structure and development of the massive storms.

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  5. Earth

    Wildfire, Walleyes, and Wine

    An international panel's latest report on the impacts of climate change highlights an overlooked need: preparing for droughts, floods, heat waves, and other disasters.

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  6. Brain Gain

    The brain constantly sprouts new neurons, a recently discovered phenomenon that neuroscientists and drugmakers are working to understand and harness.

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  7. Past Impressions

    New research sheds light on the century-old concept of transference, a mental process in which people re-experience past relationships in new interactions.

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  8. Astronomy

    Big Broadcast

    A record-breaking radio burst from the sun last Dec. 6 temporarily overwhelmed scores of GPS receivers, highlighting the hazard of radio storms on Earth.

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  9. Tech

    Powering the Revolution

    Sensors and other electronic devices that can scavenge energy could open a new realm for technology.

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  10. Ecosystems

    Slime Dwellers

    The health of corals, and their adaptability in the face of adversity, may rest largely on the microbes they recruit into a slime that coats their surfaces.

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  11. Tech

    Reaching for Rays

    Harnessing the sun's rays cheaply and efficiently could address the planet's energy needs.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Dangerous History

    The genome of the TB bacterium has small but significant pockets of diversity, giving scientists new targets for preventing and treating the disease.

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