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  1. Automatic Networking: Brain systems charge up in unconscious monkeys

    Even when monkeys are anesthetized, their brains show patterns of electrical activity similar to those exhibited during wakeful activity.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Physics

    Quantum Loophole: Some quirks of physics can be good for science

    Physicists have found a way to almost double measurement precision when using photons to gauge distances.

    By Davide Castelvecchi

  3. Talk to the Hand: Language might have evolved from gestures

    Language might have evolved from hand gestures, say researchers who study communication in chimpanzees.

    By Patrick Barry
  4. Health & Medicine

    Less Is More (Bone): Yearly osteoporosis drug reduces fractures

    Older women with osteoporosis who received yearly infusions of a drug that prevents bone loss had far fewer fractures than did peers who didn't get the drug.