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  1. Anthropology

    ‘Java Man’ takes age to extremes

    New dating of Indonesian strata has produced unexpected results.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    Why a rotten tooth is hard to find

    The brain can’t distinguish some kinds of pain coming from top versus bottom teeth.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Space

    Not your grandfather’s space program

    President Obama offers a new plan that would send humans to orbit Mars during the mid-2030s.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Earth

    Ash from Icelandic eruption may just be the start

    A recently awakened volcano often goes off in tandem with a much bigger one nearby.

    By Alexandra Witze
  5. Space

    Famous Martian meteorite younger than thought

    The famous fragment of Mars, once proposed to hold signs of extraterrestrial life, is still pretty old.