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  1. Humans

    Physics for Sale: Collectors snap up pricey historical materials

    Documents detailing the rise of modern physics and Albert Einstein's development of the general theory of relativity have sold at an auction for nearly $1.8 million.

    By Jessica Gorman
  2. Health & Medicine

    Attention Loss: ADHD may lower volume of brain

    Brain-scan data show that the brains of children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are slightly smaller than those of their peers who are free of psychiatric disorders.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Astronomy

    Balloon Sounds Out the Early Universe

    A balloon-borne experiment circling Antarctica has measured the curvature of the universe and revealed that it's perfectly flat.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Health & Medicine

    Inducing eye-tumor cells to self-destruct

    By restarting the subdued self-destruct signal in cancer cells, researchers studying eye cancers have found a way to stop these cancers in cell cultures and in a rabbit model.