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  1. Neuroscience

    Demystifying the Mind

    A special report on the scientific struggle to explain the conscious self.

    By Science News
  2. Neuroscience

    Self as Symbol

    The loopy nature of consciousness trips up scientists studying themselves.

    By Tom Siegfried
  3. Neuroscience

    Emblems of Awareness

    Brain signatures lead scientists to the seat of consciousness.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Life

    Deep Life

    Teeming masses of organisms thrive beneath the seafloor.

    By Alexandra Witze

  5. The Digital Camera Revolution

    Instead of imitating film counterparts, new technologies work with light in creative ways.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg

  6. Head Agony

    Jumpy cells may underlie migraine’s sensory storm.

    By Laura Beil
  7. Climate

    Soil’s Hidden Secrets

    Shocking discoveries from the underground may shake up climate science.

    By Charles Petit
  8. Chemistry

    In a Squeeze

    Elements under pressure reveal secrets of extreme chemistry.

    By Alexandra Witze
  9. Health & Medicine

    Brainy Ballplayers

    Elite athletes get their heads in the game.

    By Nick Bascom
  10. Tech

    Software Scientist

    With a little data, Eureqa generates fundamental laws of nature.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  11. Science & Society

    2011 Science News of the Year: Science & Society

    By Science News

  12. 2011 Science News of the Year: Atom & Cosmos

    Not so fast, neutrinos News of particles zipping along faster than light (SN: 10/22/11, p. 18) was met with universal skepticism — including from the physicists in Italy who reported the results. But the Gran Sasso National Laboratory’s OPERA team hasn’t found any source of error that could explain how the neutrinos appeared to shave […]

    By Science News