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  1. Climate

    Carbon dioxide: Blame where blame is due?

    Blog: Measuring outsourcing of greenhouse gases. From the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Physics

    Frozen light stays fresh longer

    Researchers have trapped light in an ultracold cloud of atoms for 1.5 seconds.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Space

    Experiment detects particles of dark matter, maybe

    Events in underground experiment too few for certainty, but match the signature of WIMPs.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Health & Medicine

    When body meets H1N1 flu

    Two studies map interactions between virus and human cells; one study reveals natural flu fighters.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Anthropology

    Stone Age campers set up separate activity areas

    Hominids displayed advanced organizational thinking almost 800,000 years ago

    By Bruce Bower
  6. Health & Medicine

    Gene variant may help against emphysema, asthma

    Uncommon version seems to lessen risk of lung disease in smokers.