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  1. Humans

    Nobel prizes: The sweet smell of success

    Nobel prizes in the sciences went to research on olfactory genes, subatomic particles, and the molecular kiss of death.

    By Christen Brownlee, Sid Perkins and Alexandra Goho
  2. Animals

    Separate Vacations: Birds winter apart but return in sync

    Mated pairs of black-tailed godwits may fly off to winter refuges a thousand kilometers apart but can still arrive back at their breeding site the next spring within a few days of each other.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Tech

    Dawn of the commercial space age

    On Oct. 4, a privately funded, piloted craft called SpaceShipOne reached a height of 378,000 feet (115.1