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  1. Astronomy

    Astronomers get the spin on black holes

    Recording the X-ray flashes emitted by matter as it plunges into one of these gravitational beasts, astronomers last week reported strong evidence that black holes spin like whirling dervishes, dragging space-time along with them.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Ecosystems

    Hurricanes’ full havoc yet to be felt

    When Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, and Irene pummelled North Carolina in the fall of 1999, they delivered a three-punch sequence that may, for years to come, disrupt fishing in the Atlantic Ocean.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Health & Medicine

    Memory may draw addicts back to cocaine

    The hippocampus may be the seat of powerful cravings for cocaine in rats and play a key role in drug-addiction relapse.