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  1. Astronomy

    Super Data: Hail the cosmic revolution

    Ten extremely distant supernovas recently discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope provide evidence that something is pushing objects in the cosmos apart at an ever-faster rate.

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  2. Earth

    Scrutinized chemicals linger in atmosphere

    The newly determined longevity in the atmosphere of certain perfluorinated chemicals indicates that they may disperse environmental contamination far and wide.

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  3. Physics

    Cassini confirms Einstein’s theory

    En route to a 2004 rendezvous with Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft has verified a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity to an accuracy 50 times better than that of previous measurements.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Was President Taft cognitively impaired?

    President William Howard Taft apparently had sleep apnea, a breathing disorder that could explain his propensity to nod off.

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  5. Faint smells of schizophrenia

    A loss of the ability to tell different odors apart may represent an early sign of schizophrenia.

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  6. Earth

    Weekend weather really is different

    Analyses of more than 40 years of weather data from around the world reveal that in some regions the difference between daily high and low temperatures on weekend days varies significantly from that measured on weekdays.

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  7. Mothers reveal their baby faces

    Mothers in different cultures use three distinctive facial expressions to communicate with their infants.

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  8. Rats join the roster of clones

    Scientists have finally cloned the rat, setting the stage for the creation of genetically engineered rats that can be used to study many more diseases in humans.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Making the heart burn

    Burning chest pain during a heart attack may stem from a protein that also responds to chili peppers.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Coronary Fix: Coated inserts keep vessels unclogged

    Mesh cylinders called stents, which doctors use to prop open coronary arteries, work better when they are coated with sirolimus, a drug that inhibits the accumulation of cells along the device.

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  11. Planetary Science

    News Splash: Strong evidence of lakes on Titan

    Using Earth-based radar to penetrate the thick atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, planetary scientists have the best evidence yet that the smog-shrouded moon has lakes or oceans of hydrocarbons over large stretches of its surface.

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  12. Earth

    North vs. Northwest: Lewis and Clark diaries provide directional clue

    Observations from the Lewis and Clark expedition may offer insight into Earth's magnetic field.

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