News in Brief

  1. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Clearing out space junk with dust, plus new black holes, sonic-boom star birth and more in this week’s news.

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  2. Humans

    Humans

    Soothing loneliness with Facebook, plus mapping crowds and making a good first impression in this week’s news.

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  3. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    Marijuana loses its high, plus soy tape, gritty bubbles and more in this week’s news.

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  4. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Anticorrosion chemicals, ancient Arkansas rock, stowaway species and more in this week’s news.

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  5. Life

    Genes & Cells

    How humans evolved shorter pregnancies, plus crayfish brains and restoring nerve insulation in this week’s news.

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  6. Body & Brain

    Hockey concussions take progressively longer to heal, plus rotavirus vaccines and declining stillbirths in this week’s news.

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  7. Life

    Life

    Colorful duck bills hint at sperm quality, plus dangerous jellies and throwback bees in this week’s news.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Experimental Biology 2011 conference

    Even larvae can love the blues, plus distemper’s roots, fat-busting blueberries and more meeting news.

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  9. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    How to hunt for extraterrestrials, plus cosmic bursts, horseshoe orbits and more in this week’s news.

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  10. Anthropology

    American Association of Physical Anthropologists

    Hobbit dentistry, ancient footprints and navigating gibbons in news from the recent physical anthropology meeting.

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  11. Chemistry

    Molecules/Matter & Energy

    A quantum state is teleported, plus twisty light and foamy graphene in this week's news.

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  12. Earth

    Earth/Environment

    Breakfast may help get the lead out, plus burrowing trilobites and warmer truffles in this week's news

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