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  1. Humans

    From the May 8, 1937, issue

    Finishing a telescope, finding new matter, and launching rockets.

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  2. X-treme Microbes

    This graphics-heavy online feature tells the stories of microbes that survive and even thrive in inhospitable environments, including bone-dry deserts, boiling acid, and radioactive rock. The National Science Foundation launched the site last month. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/microbes

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  3. Humans

    Extreme Encyclopedia: Every living thing will get its own page

    A consortium of museums and laboratories has unveiled plans to create a free, Web-based Encyclopedia of Life with an entry for every living species.

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  4. Physics

    Invisible Trail: Analyzing the vortices in the wake of a bat

    Flying bat generate lift and thrust with their wings much differently than birds do.