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  1. Humans

    Incan skull surgery

    Incan healers became highly adept at skull surgery techniques that developed over thousands of years in ancient Peru.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Ecosystems

    Eight-legged bags of poison

    Birds eating arachnids get high dose of toxic metal as mercury climbs up the food chain.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Space

    Searching for superEarths

    Astronomers are exploring a new family of planets beyond the solar system.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Space

    Battle over WIMPs goes another round

    Physicists haggle over WIMPS.

    By Ron Cowen
  5. Ecosystems

    Beetle attack overturns forest carbon regime

    Ravaged Canadian region switches from carbon sink to net carbon source.