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  1. Earth

    Unveiling hidden craters

    Earth is regularly bombarded by small meteorites, but most of the resulting craters are hard to find. A team reports finding one such crater in the forests of west-central Alberta.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Health & Medicine

    Protein found to set the heart’s cadence

    Researchers have discovered a molecular metronome that sets the rhythm of the heart and blood pressure.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Math

    Florence Nightingale: The passionate statistician

    Florence Nightingale pioneered the use of applied statistics to develop policy and developed novel ways of displaying them.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  4. Earth

    Plate tectonics got an early start

    The chemistry of minerals preserved in Australian rocks suggests tectonic activity for Earth’s earliest eon.