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- Science & Society
90th Anniversary Issue: 1970s
Genetic engineering, prescient reporting and other highlights, 1970–79
- Science & Society
90th Anniversary Issue: 1960s
The space race, technological optimism and other highlights, 1960–69
- Science & Society
90th Anniversary Issue: 1950s
DNA's structure revealed and other highlights, 1950–59
- Science & Society
90th Anniversary Issue: 1940s
The Atomic Age, elementary finds and other highlights, 1940–49
- Science & Society
90th Anniversary Issue: 1930s
Germ warfare, tracking Pluto's rise and fall and other highlights, 1930–39
- Science & Society
90th Anniversary Issue: 1920s
Rise of quantum theory and other highlights, 1920–29
- Life
Bee genes may drive them to adventure
Scouting behavior linked to certain molecules in insect brains.
- Health & Medicine
A dash of marrow helps kidney transplant
A new approach enables researchers to wean some patients who receive poorly matched kidneys off immune-suppressing drugs
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Old memories interfere with remembering new ones
Scans in healthy people reveal how the brain juggles outdated versus fresh information.
- Life
Exercise brings on DNA changes
Workouts and caffeine can turn on genes that make energy-regulating proteins.
- Physics
Lose a memory, use energy
Lab experiment confirms link between erasing information and heat flow.
- Space
Galactic smashup leaves dark matter debris
Find in ‘train wreck’ cluster forces astronomers to re-think theories about relationship between mysterious dark matter and galaxies.
