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  1. Anthropology

    Partial skeletons may represent new hominid

    Partial skeletons may represent a new hominid species with implications for Homo origins, one researcher claims. But many of his peers disagree.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Health & Medicine

    Lung function still impaired by dust from World Trade Center

    Firefighters and emergency medical teams continue to have breathing problems years after the 2001 terrorist attack.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Chemistry

    American Chemical Society meeting highlights

    Read Science News reporters' complete coverage of the recent chemistry conference.

    By Janet Raloff and Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Life

    Eating seaweed may have conferred special digestive powers

    Gut microbes in Japanese people may have borrowed genes for breaking down nori from marine bacteria.