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  1. Chemistry

    Together and apart

    Chemists report the first chemical reaction that can split apart and recombine the two atoms in molecular hydrogen without using an expensive metal catalyst.

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  2. Agriculture

    Wheat gone wild

    Researchers have identified a gene responsible for boosting the protein, iron, and zinc content of some varieties of wild wheat by 10 to 15 percent.

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  3. Leggy lizards adapt fast

    In response to a new predator, lizards on several Caribbean islands underwent selection first for long legs and then for short legs.

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  4. Planetary Science

    So long, Surveyor

    After 8 years of relaying pictures, topographic maps, magnetic field data, and compositional information from above the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft appears to have called it quits.