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  1. Animals

    The Trouble with Chasing a Bee

    Radar has long been able to detect high-flying clouds of insects, but it's taken much longer for scientists to figure out how to track your average bee.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Bright Lights, Big Cancer

    A woman's blood provides better sustenance for breast cancer just after she's been exposed to bright light than when she's been in steady darkness.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Physics

    Magnetic Overthrow

    Researchers have discovered and begun to exploit a fundamentally new way to exert magnetic influences, at least on extremely small scales.

    By Peter Weiss
  4. Humans

    Science News of the Year 2005

    A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2005.