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  1. Health & Medicine

    Mending a Broken Heart

    Transplants of skeletal-muscle cells may help heal hearts damaged by illness or previous heart attacks.

    By Damaris Christensen
  2. Planetary Science

    Stormy Weather

    The 11-year cycle of solar storms has begun to peak, already affecting several Earth satellites and disturbing electric power systems on the ground, and scientists expect 2 more years of this solar maximum turmoil.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Tech

    Beyond Imaging

    No longer just a diagnostic tool, ultrasound tackles surgery.

    By Laura Sivitz
  4. Earth

    Macho Waters

    Some river pollution spawns body-altering steroids.

    By Janet Raloff

  5. Quantum Special Issue : PDF Download page

    All files are saved as PDFs.  Please download Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view these files. Clash of the quantum tıtans (Tom Siegfried)/Zombie cat (Alexandra Witze) (Alexandra Witze)/Quantum weirdnessPDF 888KB Everyday entanglement (Laura Sanders)/A spooky link/75 years of entanglement (Alexandra Witze)/Quantum weirdness in actionPDF 1.18MB

    By Science News
  6. Physics

    Celebrating the laser

    An introduction to the special section on lasers.

    By Tom Siegfried

  7. Special cosmic edition: PDF download page

    All files are saved as PDFs.  Please download Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view these files. Cosmic questions, answers pending: Complete packagePDF 2.61MB Mission: reveal the secrets of the universePDF 555KB Pre-Bang branes and bubbles | By Ron Cowen PDF 546KB In the dark | By Alexandra Witze PDF 328KB Strung together | By Matt Crenson […]

    By Science News

  8. Kids’ ADHD Care Gets a Wake-up Call

    By Science News

  9. New Studies Clarify Monarch Worries

    By Science News

  10. Monk Learns Secrets of Heredity from Pea Plants

    By Science News

  11. Danish Astronomer Argues for a Changing Cosmos

    By Science News

  12. Back Matter

    By Science News