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AstronomyYoung star’s glow suggests planet find
The X-ray outburst of a young, sunlike star might provide new insights about planet formation.
By Ron Cowen -
Health & MedicineComputers read mammograms to detect breast cancer
Mammogram–scanning computers can help radiologists detect breast cancers that would otherwise escape diagnosis.
By Ben Harder -
Planetary ScienceA little bit of Mars on Earth
Scouring an ice field in Antarctica, scientists have made the latest discovery of a chunk of rock that was blasted from Mars and fell to Earth.
By Ron Cowen -
Invasive Genes: Humans incorporate DNA from parasite
Bits of foreign DNA from the parasite that causes Chagas' disease becomes integrated into the DNA of infected hosts, marking the first time that parasitic DNA has ever been found in the human genome.