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  1. Tech

    Outer space on the cheap

    The first-ever private, manned space mission occurred on June 21.

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  2. Physics

    Quantum snare entraps key fifth photon

    By coaxing five quantum particles into a state of entanglement, physicists have taken an important step toward dependable quantum computers and more-versatile schemes for transferring quantum information.

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  3. Earth

    Bacteria found to release arsenic into groundwater

    Arsenic gets into groundwater largely through the action of bacteria residing in aquifer sediments.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Four die of rabies in transplanted tissues

    Four people who received tissue transplanted from a man who had died from an undiagnosed rabies infection have since themselves died from the same incurable neurological disease.