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  1. Young’uns adrift on the sea

    Scientists try to identify and track elusive larvae in a boundless ocean.

    By Susan Milius

  2. Physicists join immune fight

    Principles beyond biology may help explain how the body battles infection.

    By Susan Gaidos

  3. Liquid Acquisition

    Two new scenarios ramp up debate over how Earth got its water.

    By Ron Cowen

  4. 2010 Science News of the Year: Science & Society

    Credit: Ayimages/Istockphoto Vaccine link to autism dismissed In February, Lancet formally retracted a 1998 study that had kindled a storm of opposition to vaccines (SN Online: 2/3/10). The research suggested that autism arose in a handful of children after the kids received shots to prevent measles, mumps and rubella.