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  1. Strategies for nurturing science’s next generation

    Nobel laureate Thomas R. Cech discusses the conclusions of ARISE, a new report that emphasizes the need for grant support for early-career scientific researchers and basic science research that may have no immediate tangible benefit. Cech is chair of the ARISE report panel and president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

    By Thomas Cech
  2. Physics

    Left in the cold

    An optical trap lets atoms in but not out, and it can be used to study matter at ultracold temperatures.

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  3. Astronomy

    ExtraSolar

    Astronomers hope that new tools will enable them to capture the first image of one of the 300 known planets orbiting distant stars.