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HumansTobacco treaty penned
Just one day after the World Health Organization drafted a tobacco-control treaty, more than 28 nations signed on.
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PhysicsMagnetic current flows solo
By exploiting quantum mechanical interactions, physicists have generated glows of the magnetic fields of electrons without corresponding flows of their electric charges.
By Peter Weiss -
PhysicsMonitoring radiation with Britney Spears?
Compact disks can serve as home radon detectors.
By Janet Raloff -
AnimalsSumo wrestling keeps big ants in line
In a Malaysian ant species, the large workers establish a hierarchy by engaging in spectacular shaking contests.
By Susan Milius -
EarthSatellites show Earth is greener
Daily observations from space for nearly 2 decades indicate that our planet is getting greener.