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  1. SSRI use declines, youth suicides rise

    In the United States and the Netherlands, youth suicides have increased as the number of antidepressant prescriptions for children and teenagers has fallen, raising concerns that regulatory warnings about these drugs have backfired.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Astronomy

    Cosmic void

    A region of the cosmos a billion light-years across is devoid of all matter.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Health & Medicine

    Warming to a Cold War Herb

    Benefiting from decades of research that took place behind the Iron Curtain, Western physicians are discovering Rhodiola rosea, a cold-weather herb that purportedly fights fatigue and boosts energy.

    By Brian Vastag
  4. Humans

    From the September 11, 1937, issue

    A sad story of feathered romance, observation of the 16th supernova in recorded history, and an underwater earthquake down under.