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  1. Humans

    Stone Age seafood fans

    Excavations in two Gibraltar caves suggest that Neandertals, like modern humans, regularly visited the Mediterranean shore to complement a land-based diet with seafood

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  2. Humans

    The Science Vote: Spending priorities differ

    Federal funding for academic research — a major engine of innovation — has experienced an “unprecedented” two-year decline, the National Science Foundation reported in late August. Between fiscal years 2005 and 2007, Uncle Sam’s share of academic research funding fell from 64 percent to 62 percent. To take up the slack, universities turned to industry […]

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  3. Earth

    The Solar System’s Big Bang

    Finding signs of a lost beginning.

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  4. Archaeology

    Resurrection of a biblical tree

    Date palm pit found at Masada sprouts at age 2,000, becoming the oldest known seed to germinate.

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  5. Animals

    Butterfly’s clock linked to compass

    The most detailed look yet at the monarch butterfly's daily rhythm keeper suggests it's closer to ancient forms than to the fruit fly's or mouse's inner clock.

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  6. Humans

    Our Heritage at Risk

    Much of the evidence documenting America's culture is at risk of being damaged or disappearing altogether.

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  7. Letters

    Get the real life In the article “Scientists get a second life” (SN: 5/24/08, p. 20), I take exception to Joanna Scott’s statement that “Second Life is real life.” In fairness, one could debate what she means by “life,” but the statement is just too strong to ignore. As technical director at a major theater, […]

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  8. Space

    Messages from Mercury

    Data collected by the MESSENGER spacecraft as it flew past Mercury last January has revealed the origin of the planet’s magnetic field, discovered evidence of early volcanic activity and provided a first look at the planet’s surface composition.

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  9. Ecosystems

    Tracing Tahitian vanilla

    The discovery of Tahitian vanilla’s heritage could set off a custody battle between nations.

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  10. Sequencing the dead to save the living

    Reviving ancient genomes of long-extinct creatures offers a window into past extinctions—and may help prevent future die outs.

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  11. Humans

    Son of Furby

    How Star Wars' robots catalyzed an MIT program to build companionable robots.

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  12. Agriculture

    Farm life turns male toads female

    A detailed inventory of toads in Florida finds that, as land becomes more agricultural, more cane toads resemble females both inside and out.

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