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  1. Bass Booster

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

    By Davide Castelvecchi
  2. Agriculture

    Polluted Scents

    Insects and Bats May Face Confusion.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. 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
  4. 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.