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  1. Earth

    Mass movement

    Two satellites designed to note small changes in Earth's gravitational field detected effects of the magnitude 9.3 earthquake that occurred west of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004.

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  2. Physics

    Quantum Chip: Device handles ions as if they were data

    A new microchip can trap and move an ion, preliminary steps toward carrying out quantum computations on a chip.

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  3. Animals

    Locust Upset: DNA puts swarmer’s origin in Africa

    The desert locust was not an ancient export from the Americas, according to a new DNA analysis.

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  4. Humans

    Letters from the January 7, 2006, issue of Science News

    Death in the Americas I was wondering if researchers have given any thought to the idea that in the same way that disease devastated human populations after the European discovery of the Americas, perhaps disease was a contributing factor in the demise of much of the fauna of the Western Hemisphere (“Caribbean Extinctions: Climate change […]

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  5. Chemistry

    Molecular Car Park: Material packs in carbon dioxide

    A porous, crystalline material composed of metal and organic building blocks holds more carbon dioxide than other porous substances do.