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- Physics
2012 physics Nobel recognizes experiments probing quantum world
Serge Haroche and David Wineland win for investigating single particles of light and matter.
- Earth
Fish in mom’s diet may alter kids’ behavior
Eating fish that's low in mercury during pregnancy may reduce the risk that a woman's child shows signs of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- Chemistry
Solar blobs collide with a bounce
Superhot ejections from the sun surprise physicists by gaining energy of motion in collision.
- Science & Society
Banks err by confusing risk, uncertainty
Too much information prompted bad currency projections by international money firms, a psychologist contends, and may have blinded them to the global financial crisis.
