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- Ecosystems
Living Physics
From green leaves to bird brains, biological systems may exploit quantum phenomena.
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- Humans
Seeking genetic fate
Personal genomics companies offer forecasts of disease risk, but the science behind the packaging is still evolving.
- Physics
Microswimmers make a splash
Researchers study secrets of microbes' locomotion and how to mimic that movement.
- Space
The Status Quark
Murray Gell-Mann reflects on matter’s building blocks and scientists’ resistance to new ideas.
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Desperately Seeking Moly
Unreliable supplies of feedstock for widely used medical imaging isotope prompt efforts to develop U.S. sources.
- Life
Enter the Virosphere
As evidence of the influence of viruses escalates, appreciation of these master manipulators grows.
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The Science of Slumber
Special issue on sleep.
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Botanical Whales
Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too.
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A black future
Without destroying the Earth, the Large Hadron Collider might help humans explore the cosmos.
- Humans
2009 Science News of the Year: Science & Society
Activists plead for a new agreement during the 2007 U.N. Climate Change Conference. Credit: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Leaders warm to climate action Throughout the year, global leaders used various summits around the world to declare their intention to take firm, though often unilateral, action to reduce their nations’ carbon footprints. In December, negotiators from more […]
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Breaking it Down
Studies of how things fall apart may lead to materials that don’t.
