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  1. Physics

    An Electron Runs through It

    Now that physicists can observe electrons beneath the surface of microchips, they have uncovered electron-flow patterns that are both surprising and visually startling, as well as new details of electron behavior that may lead to faster electronics and quantum computing.

    By Peter Weiss

  2. Sit, Stay, Speak

    If dogs could verbally comment on the scientific study of canine minds and how they really think, it might sound something like this.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Astronomy

    Explosive Tales

    Four hundred years after the explosion of the Kepler supernova, the last such stellar eruption in our galaxy, astronomers have examined the supernova's remnant with state-of-the-art telescopes that view it in infrared, optical, and X-ray light.