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  1. Paleontology

    For past climate clues, ask a stalag-mite

    Mites fossilized in cave formations in the American Southwest show that at times during the past 3,200 years the climate there was much wetter and cooler.

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  2. Earth

    Climate accord reached

    Negotiators, without U.S. representatives' input, resolved controversies in Bonn that were blocking an international treaty to limit greenhouse gases.

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  3. Deaf kids establish own sign language

    Deaf children in Nicaragua display evidence of having created a fully grammatical sign language on their own in under 2 decades.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Synthetic protein may yield malaria vaccine

    A molecule patterned after part of the parasite that causes most severe malaria induces a strong immune response in people.