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  1. Spying Vision Cells: Eye’s motion detectors are finally found

    Primates, like other mammals, possess specialized retinal cells that detect motion.

    By Patrick Barry
  2. Paleontology

    Fossil mystery solved?

    Experiments in a Florida swamp show how aquatic creatures can get trapped and preserved in amber, a form of hardened tree sap.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Humans

    Mice, Magnetism, and Reactions on Solids

    The 2007 Nobel prizes in the sciences recognized research in genetics, materials science, and surface chemistry.

    By Nathan Seppa, Davide Castelvecchi and Sarah Williams
  4. Health & Medicine

    Moving up the Charts: Drug-resistant bug invades military, civilian hospitals

    Acinetobacter baumannii, a common bacterium, is becoming more virulent and drug resistant in hospitals.