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  1. Health & Medicine

    Swine flu genetics suggest a vaccine is possible

    So far, strain's contagion appears on par with that of a seasonal flu outbreak. Vaccine would be at least months away.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Paleontology

    Soft tissue from a dino fossil

    Researchers have uncovered soft tissue and fragments of several proteins from a hadrosaur.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Life

    Expansive genetic diversity in Africa revealed

    Largest genetic study of African populations yields clues about the origin of modern humans and the ancestry of African-Americans

    By Solmaz Barazesh
  4. Space

    MESSENGER’s second pass

    New studies detail the latest findings about Mercury from the MESSENGER spacecraft, including the discovery of the second largest crater known on the planet and a surprisingly strong interaction between the sun’s magnetic field and that of the planet.

    By Ron Cowen
  5. Life

    Birds bust a move to musical beats

    Parrots and possibly other vocal-mimicking animals can synchronize their movements to a musical beat, two new studies suggest.

    By Bruce Bower
  6. Health & Medicine

    World Health Organization raises swine flu alert level

    The World Health Organization announced April 29 that is has raised the alert level for swine flu from Phase 4 to Phase 5, which suggests that a pandemic is imminent.

    By Nathan Seppa
  7. Health & Medicine

    Brain reads word-by-word

    The brain reads words as whole units and processes the information quickly, two studies suggest.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Health & Medicine

    New weapon fights hepatitis C

    Taking the experimental drug telaprevir with standard medications for hepatitis C clears the virus from patients’ blood better than the standard combination alone.

    By Nathan Seppa
  9. Earth

    A limit for carbon emissions: 1 trillion metric tons

    To reduce risks of severe damage from climate change, humans should burn no more than 1 trillion tons of carbon in total, researchers suggest.

    By Sid Perkins
  10. Life

    Connectivity may play role in autism

    Large studies of autism suggest connections between neurons are the culprit.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. Life

    Mimivirus up close

    Scientists get a closer look at the structure of mimivirus, the largest virus in the world.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  12. Humans

    Obama pledges 3 percent of GDP for research

    BLOG: Highlights of what the president announced to the National Academy of Sciences.

    By Janet Raloff