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  1. Animals

    Feedback

    Readers respond to "Collision course" and "The tune wreckers" from our September 21 issue, plus some feedback on the new website.

  2. Planetary Science

    Comet belt predicted near farthest planet

    Observations have confirmed the existence of the Kuiper Belt, first proposed in 1963.

  3. Environment

    Cattle chemical can return in the night

    Steroid to beef up cows breaks down, but can reassemble under the right conditions.

  4. Science & Society

    Feedback

    Readers respond to our stories 'Distracted Driving' and 'Ratio of a good life exposed as ‘nonsense’'

  5. Science & Society

    Science states

  6. Life

    Letters to the editor

    Sleepless on a schedule, Edison's rubbery discovery and monogamy not just for men.

  7. Earth

    Deadliest hurricane in western hemisphere

    Hurricane records have been broken.

  8. Cosmology

    Huge Galactic Explosion

    An excerpt from the October 5, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.

  9. Tech

    Letters to the editor

    Readers respond to glowing plants, fracking worries and space hookups.

  10. Environment

    Grain alcohol in gasoline?

    An excerpt from the September 21, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.

  11. Animals

    Porpoises Can Teach Man Marine Diving, Detection

    Excerpt from the September 7, 1963, issue of Science News Letter

  12. Earth

    Letters to the editor