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  1. Particle Physics

    Physicists on alert for Higgs announcement

    New data on hunt for elusive Higgs boson to be presented at Australia conference.

    By Nadia Drake
  2. Life

    Second of two blocked flu papers released

    Held back for months by a U.S. government biosafety board, the research pinpoints five mutations that render the potent H5N1 virus transmissible through air.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Life

    New frontiers for coyotes may bring more Lyme disease

    Forget the deer. Maybe it's coyotes on the move that can explain the recent increase in Lyme disease.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Space

    Early stars created a sight yet unseen

    Radio telescopes, operating in the future at a different frequency, might be able to discern the stellar signature, researchers suggest.