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Humans

Teens win big at science competition

The top awards in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search go to young scientists working on cancer, innovative sources of energy and behavioral genetics.

Life

Tracking the viral link to lymphoma

A mutation in an anticancer gene in the Epstein-Barr virus may account for some of its malignant effect, research shows.

Psychology

Pi master’s storied recall

Remembering more than 60,000 consecutive numbers takes exhaustive practice at spinning yarns.

Life

Mild winters may shift spread of mosquito-borne illness

By pushing insects to start biting mammals earlier in the year, warmer cold months could increase the transmission of a brain virus affecting people and horses.

Life

Carnivores can lose sweet genes

A gene involved in taste detection has glitches in some, but not all, highly carnivorous mammals.

Humans

Science competition finalists go public

Public day allows high school students to present their projects.

Chemistry

Polymer power drives tiny reactions

Applying pressure to a building block of plastic in water, researchers generate enough energy to make your Nikes glow and do other chemical work.

Life

Microraptor’s true blue colors

The birdlike dinosaur had black, iridescent feathers that may have helped it attract mates.

Paleontology

Triceratops reigns alone again

Fossil comparison fends off a challenge that holds the dinosaur is but the immature version of the Torosaurus.

Space

Ancient impact may explain moon’s magnetic mystery

Anomalies near crater suggest scattering of iron-rich debris.