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  1. Humans

    Malaria Control

    While you’re sending an e-mail or surfing the Web, your computer could be helping to tackle one of Africa’s major challenges: malaria. In a project coordinated by CERN, volunteer computers in homes and offices run a simulation program called MalariaControl.net, developed by researchers at the Swiss Tropical Institute. The program simulates how malaria spreads through […]

    By Science News
  2. Humans

    Top Prospects for Tomorrow’s Labs: National competition yields a dream team of young scientific talent

    Twenty young women and 20 young men aced an early challenge in their scientific careers by becoming finalists in the annual Intel Science Talent Search.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Physics

    Waves from the Big Bang: Upcoming detectors may view newborn universe

    Ripples in space-time may soon give scientists a glimpse of the universe as it looked a tiny fraction of a second after its birth.