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- ExtraSolar: Three new projects aim to capture a first: an image of a planet orbiting a star outside the solar system
- Simpleminded Voters: Informed citizens avoid information overload by taking strategic shortcuts before casting their ballots
- Forest invades tundra: ...and the new tenants could aggravate global warming
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An optical trap lets atoms in but not out, and it can be used to study matter at ultracold temperatures.Found in: Physics
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A Dutch science teacher found a novel celestial object that had eluded the notice of astronomers.Found in: Astronomy, Atom & Cosmos, Physics and Science & Society
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The mathematics of soapy water yields some clues to the origin of the genetic code.Found in: Genes & Cells, Mathematics and Physics
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Scientists reveal new details on how extendable jaws help fish capture prey.Found in: Life and Physics
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These 'atoms' can't leap tall buildings in a single bound, but they have special powersFound in: Biology, Chemistry and Physics
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Iridescence could be pretty meaningful—or maybe just prettyFound in: Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Life, Physics and Zoology
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Parallel universes aren’t supposed to be observable, but a cosmic crash might leave a visible sign of their existenceFound in: Astronomy, Atom & Cosmos, Matter & Energy and Physics
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Surfaces that mimic the back of an African beetle can collect water from fog.Found in: Chemistry, Molecules and Physics
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