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  1. Astronomy

    Galactic spider

    A Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a large galaxy in the early universe assembling from the merger of smaller ones.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Planetary Science

    Jovian storm grows stormier

    Jupiter's Little Red Spot has become as strong as its big brother.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Math

    Mining the Yesternet

    Digital records allow social scientists to study online communities and the diffusion of innovation.

    By Ivars Peterson
  4. Chemistry

    Unnatural success

    Chemists report the first synthesis of a promising antibiotic that other researchers recently discovered in nature.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  5. Physics

    First teleportation between light and matter

    Physicists have for the first time transmitted quantum states between atoms and light.