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  1. Earth

    Algae Turn Fish into a Lethal Lunch

    Scientists demonstrated that some marine mammals have died from eating fish tainted with a neurotoxic diatom.

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  2. Earth

    Most oil enters sea from nonaccidents

    Nearly all of the oil entering the marine environment traces not to accidents but to natural seeps and human activities where releases are intentional.

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  3. Physics

    Matter waves: Be fruitful and multiply

    For the first time, physicists induced atoms to amplify a selected matter wave in a manner analogous to a cascade of photons amplifying the characteristic electromagnetic wave of an optical laser.

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  4. Materials Science

    Impurity clouds from all sides now

    For the first time, scientists have obtained detailed, three-dimensional images of line defects in steel.

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  5. Materials Science

    Small-scale glues stick to surfaces

    Tailored molecular glues can connect together tiny particles for nanotechnology applications.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    The brew for a slimmer you

    Green tea contains a compound that triggers the body to burn more fat.

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  7. Antioxidants may help cancers thrive

    By curbing a natural process that rids the body of damage, antioxidant vitamins can aid cancer growth.

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  8. Earth

    Wretched weather sealed explorer’s fate

    Unusually low temperatures hindered Robert Falcon Scott's polar expedition in 1912.

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  9. Earth

    Taking a mountain’s measure

    A survey of Mount Everest alters its official elevation to 29,035 feet.

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  10. Earth

    Corals keep eruption record

    Dust from a giant eruption is lodged within Florida coral.

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  11. Earth

    Mapping the Frozen Sky: Study looks at clouds from both sides now

    By combining simultaneous observations from satellites and ground-based instruments, scientists can generate a three-dimensional map of the size and distribution of ice particles in a cirrus cloud.

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  12. Animals

    Male bats primp daily for odor display

    For the first time, scientists have described the daily routine of male sac-winged bats gathering to freshen the odor pouches on their wings.

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