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  1. Health & Medicine

    Waking Up: Brain stimulator spurs dramatic improvement years after injury

    A man who spent 6 years in a minimally conscious state regained the ability to talk, eat, and move after doctors implanted electrodes deep in his brain.

    By Brian Vastag
  2. Earth

    Slick Death: Oil-spill treatment kills coral

    Chemicals used to disperse marine oil spills are more harmful to coral than the oil itself.

    By Carolyn Barry
  3. Paleontology

    Dinosaurs’ gradual rise to dominance

    Early dinosaurs didn't quickly eclipse the creatures they evolved from, but lived alongside them for perhaps 20 million years.

    By Sid Perkins
  4. Earth

    Metal spews from tires and brake pads

    A study in Stockholm says that tires and brake pads emit a variety of metal pollutants despite European regulations aimed at cleaning up these parts.