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  1. Physics

    Hawking proposes solution to black hole problem

    Light sliding along the boundary of a black hole encodes everything that ever fell inside, suggests Stephen Hawking in a new but incomplete proposal.

    By Andrew Grant
  2. Health & Medicine

    Blood test can predict breast cancer relapse

    Blood tests for breast cancer DNA can predict relapse.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Animals

    Twin pandas look forward to growth spurts

    The surviving panda twin born at the National Zoo last weekend will undergo DNA tests to discover paternity.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Climate

    Hurricane’s tiny earthquakes could help forecasters

    Hurricane Sandy set off small earthquakes under its eye as it moved up the U.S.