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  1. Health & Medicine

    Beyond Hearing: Cochlear implants work best when given early

    Children born deaf who receive cochlear implants as toddlers show brain activity that's more normal than that of children getting the implants later in childhood.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    3-D Vision: New technique could improve breast cancer screening, diagnosis

    An experimental alternative to standard mammography could, by the end of this decade, become an essential tool for spotting breast cancer.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Humans

    Gerald F. Tape (1915–2005)

    Gerald Tape, who served on the Science Service Board of Trustees for more than 30 years, died Nov. 20.

    By Julie Ann Miller
  4. Humans

    Letters from the December 10, 2005, issue of Science News

    Big Bang bashing The recent discovery of “mature” galaxies at distances corresponding to the remote cosmic past (“Crisis in the Cosmos? Galaxy formation theory is in peril,” SN: 10/8/05, p.