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  1. 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
  2. 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.

    By Patrick Barry
  3. Animals

    Bite This: Borrowed toad toxins save snake’s neck

    An Asian snake gets toxins by salvaging them from the poisonous toads it eats.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Health & Medicine

    Early Fix: Prion disease remedied in mice

    Diseases caused by misfolded proteins called prions can be reversed if caught early enough, experiments in mice suggest.