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  1. Astronomy

    Hubble views bar in galaxy

    The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a strikingly detailed image of the starlit arms, glowing gas, and dark dust clouds of a barred spiral galaxy called NGC 1300, which lies 69 million light-years from Earth.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Health & Medicine

    A drink a day might keep fuzzy thinking away

    One alcoholic drink per day can stave off mental decline in elderly women.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Humans

    The Heights of School Science: Select student research rises to the top

    Forty high school students have each earned a slot in the final round of the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search.

    By Ben Harder
  4. Chemistry

    Hungry for Hydrogen: Microbes in hot springs feed on unlikely source

    Microbes dwelling in Yellowstone National Park's hot springs draw their energy not from sulfur but from hydrogen.