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  1. Astronomy

    Speedstar

    Astronomers have discovered a star so speedy that it will eventually leave the Milky Way and venture into intergalactic space.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Health & Medicine

    Study can’t tie EMFs to cancer

    A massive, long-term Swedish study has found no sign that occupational exposures to electromagnetic fields might trigger breast cancer in women.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Earth

    Lava fountain driven by reservoir of gas

    The gases driving a lava fountain that spewed from Italy's Mount Etna in June 2000 had accumulated in a reservoir 1.5 kilometers below the mountain's peak, chemical analyses suggest.

    By Sid Perkins
  4. Physics

    A quantum fluid pipes up

    After 40 years of trying, physicists have heard a quantum-mechanical whistle emanating from two reservoirs of oscillating liquid helium separated by a perforated membrane.