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  1. Cancer patients accentuate the positive

    Group therapy that promotes positive types of personal growth in breast cancer patients may also result in beneficial physiological changes.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Earth

    Algal bloom is smothering Florida coral

    The anomalous growth of a native alga—now blanketing the seabed in a huge swath off the southern coast of Florida—points to overfertilization with upwelling sewage.

    By Janet Raloff

  3. Debate over Alzheimer’s enzyme flares up

    Scientists continue to tussle over the identity of an enzyme implicated in Alzheimer's disease.

    By John Travis
  4. Astronomy

    Survey confirms composition of the cosmos

    A team of astronomers announced this week that after measuring the redshifts of 100,000 galaxies, they have new evidence for what makes up most of the mass of the universe.