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  1. Humans

    2009 Science News of the Year: Humans

    An artist’s illustration shows how a female Ardipithecus may have looked. An analysis of Ardi’s bones, uncovered from 1992 through 1997, was released this year. Credit: J.H. Matternes Ardi puts new spin on hominid evolution A 4.4-million-year-old partial female skeleton discovered in Africa, along with fossils from at least 36 of her comrades, provide the […]

    By Science News
  2. Life

    Do-it-yourself bed-bug detector

    With bed-bug numbers on the rise in North America, researchers test homemade bug finders.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Health & Medicine

    Darker liquor, never sicker

    People report feeling worse the next morning after drinking bourbon than after drinking vodka.