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  1. Health & Medicine

    Reading the patterns of spatial memories

    Researchers can tell where participants are standing in a virtual world by “seeing” memories of the journey.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Earth

    Effects of the weather, underground

    Sudden changes in air temperature in the stratosphere that can ultimately steer major storm systems can also influence the number of subatomic particles slamming into detectors located hundreds of meters below ground, a new study reveals.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Anthropology

    Peking Man fossils show their age

    Scientists have pushed back the age of Peking Man, raising questions about whether Homo erectus trekked to eastern Asia in two separate migrations.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Humans

    Science’s next generation wins accolades

    Star students receive more than $530,000 in scholarships and prizes in the Intel Science Talent Search.