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- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Finding materials harder than diamond, plus spintronic devices, wrinkle physics and more in this week's news.
- Earth
Earth/Environment
Earth’s iron heart can melt, plus Atlantic weather and more ice thinning in this week’s news.
- Physics
Rogue waves captured
Re-creating tiny versions of these monster swells in a laboratory tank reveals their mathematical underpinnings.
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From the Archive
In the late 1950s, roughly half the astronomers who voted on whether the universe began with a Big Bang said “No.”
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Coffee may help protect against prostate cancer, plus protecting organ transplants and limiting HIV transmission in this week’s news.
- Space
Dark Matter meeting
The latest science reveals few new answers on dark matter, but scientists hope for more from the Large Hadron Collider.
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- Health & Medicine
Healthy Aging in a Pill
To extend life span, scientists envision a drug that mimics the benefits of a near-starvation diet.
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Science Past from the issue of June 3, 1961
ATOMIC ENERGY SEEN BEST FOR ROCKET POWER — Atomic energy is the most feasible source for powering rockets into the far reaches of outer space. A refined model of a nuclear power system now being developed could be used to propel space probes to Mars and Venus, [said] Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, chairman of the […]
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Science Future for June 4, 2011
June 27 Go behind the scenes of Houston’s Cockrell Butterfly Center. Go to https://store.hmns.org July 15–17 Swim with the world’s largest fish at the fourth annual Whale Shark Festival in Isla Mujeres, Mexico. More information at www.whalesharkfest.com
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SN Online
BODY & BRAINBroken neural loops distinguish vegetative states. Read “Gravely damaged brains have ‘bottleneck.’ ” MATTER & ENERGYBird plumage inspires a new laser design. See “New laser is from the birds.” HUMANSDepression may boost individuals’ analytical skills. Read “Thinking better with depression.” LIFE Ancient fungi finally found. See “New fungi the dark matter of mushrooms.”
