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  1. Climate

    Researchers rethink fate of celebrity plankton

    A poster-species for the hazards of greenhouse gas accumulation thrives in carbon dioxide-rich waters.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Two drinks a day might increase breast cancer risk

    Two or more alcoholic drinks a day can increase the risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, new research suggests.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Tandem Attack

    By attaching a tumor-suppressing protein to a harmless compound, scientists can kill cancer cells in a mouse model.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Asperger’s syndrome may not lead to lack of empathy

    People with high-functioning autism respond to others' pain, two studies show.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Life

    Pockets of Poor Health

    The trend towards longer life expectancy plateaued or reversed in some parts of the U.S., a new study finds.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Health & Medicine

    New approach might strike at the core of Alzheimer’s disease

    By anchoring an enzyme-inhibiting molecule to a cell membrane, researchers have designed a potential skeleton for a new Alzheimer's treatment.

    By Nathan Seppa

  7. Bass Booster

    Tight coiling in the human inner ear pumps up the bass.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  8. Agriculture

    Polluted Scents

    Insects and Bats May Face Confusion.

    By Janet Raloff
  9. Life

    Rest in peace nanobacteria, you were not alive after all

    New studies bid a fond farewell to nanobacteria -- the extremely tiny “microorganisms” that have sparked controversy and may cause disease.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  10. Astronomy

    BOOK LIST | Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them

    Pickover, who has authored 40 books on many aspects of science and mathematics, discusses how the works of great minds from Archimedes to Stephen Hawking have changed humankind’s understanding of the universe. BIG IDEAS, AND BIG THINKERS, IN COSMOLOGY Oxford University Press, 2008, 514 p., $27.95.

    By Science News
  11. Science & Society

    Science Education and the Future of Humankind

    Nobel Prize–winning physicist Leon Lederman warns that science education is crucial for humankind’s future. Lederman is director emeritus of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

    By Leon Lederman
  12. Animals

    First Frog without Lungs

    An aquatic frog in fast-flowing water in Borneo turns out to be the first frog species with no lungs.

    By Susan Milius