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  1. Climate

    Fire

    Understanding long-term changes in wildfire patterns challenges scientists from multiple disciplines.

    By Solmaz Barazesh
  2. Physics

    Microswimmers make a splash

    Researchers study secrets of microbes' locomotion and how to mimic that movement.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Humans

    Seeking genetic fate

    Personal genomics companies offer forecasts of disease risk, but the science behind the packaging is still evolving.

    By Patrick Barry

  4. The iron record of Earth’s oxygen

    Scientists are decoding the geological secrets of banded iron formations.

    By Sid Perkins

  5. No brainer behavior

    Messages, memory, maybe even intelligence — botanists wrangle over how far plants can go.

    By Susan Milius

  6. Think like a scientist

    A class of curious sixth-graders arguing over moist, mucky jars may represent the future of science education.

    By Bruce Bower
  7. Astronomy

    Healing Hubble

    A retrospective on the final Hubble Space Telescope repair mission.

    By Science News
  8. Cosmology

    Infinity

    Success in coping with infinity could strengthen case for multiple universes.

    By Tom Siegfried

  9. Nanomaker’s Toolkit

    Scientists harness charge, magnetism and even DNA to guide matter’s assembly into new materials.

    By Solmaz Barazesh

  10. Serotonin: What the gut feeds the bones

    Chemical messenger plays a surprising role in determining the strength of the skeleton.

    By Laura Beil
  11. Humans

    Science News at ISEF 2009

    Highlights from the 2009 Intel Science and Engineering Fair in Reno, Nev.

    By Science News

  12. Eyes on the sky

    A roster of new and proposed telescopes

    By Science News