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  1. Earth

    Life under ice

    Lake Vostok may harbor ingredients for a complex subglacial ecosystem.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Science & Society

    Impactful Distraction

    Talking while driving poses dangers that people seem unable to see.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Tech

    On the Rebound

    Scientists revive search for new rubber sources.

    By Cristy Gelling
  4. Neuroscience

    The Anorexic Brain

    Neuroimaging improves understanding of eating disorder.

    By Meghan Rosen
  5. Archaeology

    Notorious Bones

    South African finds enter fray over origins of the human genus.

    By Bruce Bower
  6. Neuroscience

    Memories lost and found

    Drugs that help mice remember reveal role for epigenetics in recall.

    By Susan Gaidos
  7. Earth

    Taking Antarctica’s temperature

    Frozen continent may not be immune to global warming.

    By Erin Wayman
  8. Animals

    Cicadas’ odd life cycle poses evolutionary conundrums

    Scientists are getting an idea about the odd family tree of periodical cicadas, how the insects synchronize their life cycles and why they breed side-by-side with others unsuitable for mating.

    By Susan Milius
  9. Particle Physics

    When the atom went quantum

    Bohr's revolutionary atomic theory turns 100.

    By Tom Siegfried
  10. Animals

    In the Eye of the Tiger

    Global spread of Asian tiger mosquito could fuel outbreaks of tropical disease in temperate regions.

    By Carrie Arnold
  11. Physics

    Hard times for theorists in a post-Higgs world

    The Large Hadron Collider’s big success leaves no clear avenue for new physics.

    By Andrew Grant
  12. Planetary Science

    Mystery Meteorite

    The case for (and against) a rock from Mercury.

    By Alexandra Witze