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  1. Space

    Makemake makes the list

    The International Astronomical Union announces name of a fourth dwarf planet.

    By Ashley Yeager

  2. Letters

    From the August 2, 2008 issue of Science News.

    By Science News
  3. Life

    Magnetic sense linked to molecule

    Fruit fly experiments shed light on animals’ use of Earth’s magnetic field for orientation and navigation.

    By Ashley Yeager
  4. Math

    A building of bubbles

    Math Trek: The National Aquatics Center in Beijing, newly built for the Olympics, is a glowing cube of bubbles. The mathematics behind it are built around Lord Kelvin's tetrakaidecahedra and the physics of foam.

    By Julie Rehmeyer

  5. Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology

    edited by Oren Harman and Michael R.