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  1. Astronomy

    Planck by Planck

    The launch of the European Space Agency’s Planck mission, set for late April or early May, will put into orbit a new tool —the microwave equivalent of polarized sunglasses — that may offer a view of the dawn of time.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Materials Science

    The American Physical Society Meeting

    Get your daily physics news here from the March meeting of the American Physical Society.

    By Science News
  3. Materials Science

    Cornering the Terahertz Gap

    Controlling light’s path could enable invisibility or harness an intriguing but so far elusive stretch of the spectrum.

    By Ashley Yeager

  4. Networks of Plunder

    Archaeologists tracing the labyrinth of antiquities trafficking hope to shut it down, or at least slow it up.