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  1. 2011 Science News of the Year: Humans

    While the Han Chinese (left) don’t show genetic contributions from Denisovans, Australian Aborigines (right) do.BLACKRED/ISTOCKPHOTO; GARY RADLER/ISTOCKPHOTO Asia takes a bow Often overlooked as a geographic player in human evolution, Asia has stepped into the scientific spotlight. New comparisons of ancient and modern DNA indicate that Stone Age humans migrated to Asia in two stages. […]

    By Science News
  2. Humans

    Smells like a bear raid

    Analysis of stock trading data suggests an effort to manipulate the market in 2007.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Psychology

    Face deficit holds object lesson

    A brain-damaged man yields controversial clues to how people identify complex objects.

    By Bruce Bower

  4. American and Dutch physicists reach new low temperature

    Physicists compete in a race to the bottom with a finish line that can never be reached.