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  1. Tech

    Electrifying Toxic Cleanup: Electrodes could stimulate removal of radioactive waste

    Researchers have devised a bioremediation system that electrically stimulates bacteria to break down toxic chemicals in the environment.

    By Alexandra Goho
  2. Astronomy

    Rocky Road: Planet hunting gets closer to Earth

    Astronomers have discovered the three lightest planets known outside the solar system, moving researchers closer to the goal of finding extrasolar planets that resemble Earth.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Humans

    Letters from the September 4, 2004, issue of Science News

    Funny pages Horvath and Toffel’s comparison of the environmental impacts of the paper versus the electronic editions of the New York Times is a bit misleading (“Newspaper’s Footprint: Environmental toll of all the news that’s fit to print,” SN: 6/12/04, p.