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  1. Chemistry

    Carbon Goes Glam: Treated carbon dots fluoresce

    Chemists have fashioned tiny dots of carbon that glow in response to light.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Animals

    Mixed Butterflies: Tropical species joins ranks of rare hybrids

    A South American butterfly is one of the few animal species that seems to have arisen via the supposedly rare path of crossing two older species.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Health & Medicine

    Next Line of Defense: New drugs take on resistant leukemia

    Two experimental drugs stop many cases of chronic myeloid leukemia that are resistant to the drug imatinib (Gleevec).

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Humans

    Letters from the June 17, 2006, issue of Science News

    Cuts on the bias After taking some of the bias tests, I am very skeptical (“The Bias Finders: A test of unconscious attitudes polarizes psychologists,” SN: 4/22/06, p.