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  1. A mind for music

    Infancy’s Symphony | Photo by Carey Wolinsky Read features from the special edition Articles in A mind for music. | Go Download a PDF of the special edition Exclusive for Science News subscribers.Download Download PDF | Subscribe There are very few activities for which your birthday suit and a three-piece suit are equally appropriate attire. […]

    By Elizabeth Quill

  2. Nature’s recourse

    How plants and animals fight back when deals go sour.

    By Susan Milius

  3. Beneath that blazing facade

    Researchers revamp ideas about what’s in the sun.

    By Alexandra Witze

  4. The incredible shrinking solar cell

    With lilliputian collectors, almost anything could be sun-powered.

    By Janet Raloff

  5. Safety in Numbers

    Mathematics offers innovative weapons for fighting terrorism.

    By Laura Sanders

  6. Enzymes Exposed

    Clearer views of the cell’s movers and shakers threaten a century-old mainstay of biology.

    By Lisa Grossman

  7. All Patterns Great and Small

    Researchers uncover the origins of creatures’ stripes and spots.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  8. Not just a high

    Cannabis compounds show their stuff against a host of medical problems, relieving symptoms far beyond pain and nausea.

    By Nathan Seppa

  9. Fat chance

    Scientists are working out ways to rev up the body’s gut-busting machinery.

    By Laura Beil

  10. Life from scratch

    Relaunching biology from the beginning.

    By Charles Petit

  11. The Truth Hurts

    Scientists question voice-based lie detection.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg

  12. Genome from a bottle

    Back Story: Cracking the code.

    By Science News