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  1. Physics

    Tipsy Superfluids: Glimpsing off-kilter quantum clouds

    A new type of superfluid atom cloud that's been thrown off-balance by having more atoms with their quantum spins pointing up than down, or vice versa, seems to defy theoretical expectations.

    By Peter Weiss
  2. Earth

    Still Standing: Tsunamis won’t wash away Maldives atolls

    The December 2004 tsunami had little geological impact on the seemingly fragile coral-reef islands of the Maldives archipelago.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Health & Medicine

    Defect Detector: Plugging holes in a breast cancer–gene screen

    A genetic test not available in the United States catches many potentially cancer-causing BRCA-gene mutations not detected by the sole U.S. test.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Plants

    Reality Botany: Data ease doubts about plant species

    Despite the doubts of some botanists, plant species aren't just some arbitrary human classification scheme, says a team of evolutionary biologists.