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  1. Health & Medicine

    Stunning reversal

    A man’s irregular heartbeat returns to normal after he is shocked with a Taser, the first report of such an effect.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Ecosystems

    That sinking feeling

    The sea level rise expected in the coming century will swamp the Everglades unless current management is adjusted or climate change is curbed.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Space

    Martian dig delayed

    The Phoenix Mars Lander was in good health after its safe May 25 landing on the Red Planet, but a communication problem delayed plans to unlatch its robotic digging arm.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Health & Medicine

    Tracking obesity

    New data suggest that childhood obesity in the United States may have leveled off between 1999 and 2006.