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  1. Science & Society

    Science News of the Year 2003

    A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2003.

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  2. Humans

    Undignified Science

    Research advances in 2003 heralded a string of unexpected scientific indignities that will occur in the future, at least in the fevered imagination of one writer.

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  3. Humans

    Undignified Science

    Research advances in 2003 heralded a string of unexpected scientific indignities that will occur in the future, at least in the fevered imagination of one writer.

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  4. Math

    Bookish Math

    Statistical tests and computation can help solve literary mysteries surrounding the authorship of well-known works.

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  5. Math

    Bookish Math

    Statistical tests and computation can help solve literary mysteries surrounding the authorship of well-known works.

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  6. Plants

    Warm-Blooded Plants?

    Research heats up on why some flowers have the chemistry to keep themselves warm.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Ketones to the Rescue

    Medical researchers are investigating a slew of possible applications for acids called ketones, which the body produces naturally when deprived of carbohydrates and protein.

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  8. Tiny Bubbles

    Microscopic vesicles shed by cells may help the AIDS virus, benefit cancer cells, and drive the immune response.

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  9. Tech

    Wings of Change

    Inspired by the Wright brothers, who steered their first flyer by twisting its pliant wings, engineers are developing versatile and flexible flying machines expected to undergo radical shape changes in flight.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Testing Times

    Relying in part on a new rapid HIV test, health officials are working to identify and treat more HIV infections earlier in the course of the disease.

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  11. Humans

    Munching Along

    New Orleans' French Quarter has become a central proving ground for new technologies to find and attack the North American invasion of especially aggressive and resourceful alien termites.

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  12. Vision Seekers

    An investigation of school-age children who received cataract surgery after being blind from birth examines the extent to which these kids are able to perceive the visual world and the ways in which their brains respond to newfound sight.

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