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  1. Astronomy

    Sizing up a black hole

    Astronomers are closing in on the size of the supermassive black hole that lies at our galaxy's center.

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  2. Archaeology

    Israeli cave yields Stone Age kills

    A recently discovered Israeli cave has yielded some of the earliest known evidence of hunting by humans or our evolutionary ancestors, from around 300,000 to 200,000 years ago.

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  3. Anthropology

    Rock-solid choices of first toolmakers

    Human ancestors who took up stone toolmaking in Africa around 2.6 million years ago already showed a proclivity for choosing high-quality pieces of rock, a new study finds.

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  4. Chemistry

    Flame-retardant cotton gets a boost from clay

    Mixing cotton fibers with nanoparticles of clay increases the materials' heat tolerance, ultimately rendering new cotton fabrics flame retardant.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    A drug to stop diabetes’ onset?

    Individuals susceptible to developing type 1 diabetes may find hope in a vaccinelike drug that is showing promise in mouse studies.

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  6. Tech

    Bacteria churn out new type of electronic paper

    Researchers have developed a new way of making flexible electronic paper displays using cellulose derived from bacteria.

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  7. Materials Science

    Nanotubes take on the Grand Canyon

    A new technique can turn forests of carbon nanotubes into a foamlike material with ideal properties for making lightweight shock absorbers.

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  8. Tech

    Reinventing the Yo-Yo

    No longer simple toys, today's pricey yo-yos sport high-tech features—such as ball bearing transaxles and precision string-snagging mechanisms—that permit dazzling new styles and complex tricks.

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  9. Astronomy

    Shades of Venus

    On June 8, for the first time in 122 years, the silhouette of Venus will move across the face of the sun.

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  10. Math

    From Number Puzzles to Automata

    A high school student plays with numbers and does an award-winning project elucidating the link between automata and divisibility.

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  11. Humans

    Letters from the April 10, 2004, issue of Science News

    Inaction verbs? Regarding “The Brain’s Word Act: Reading verbs revs up motor cortex areas” (SN: 2/7/04, p. 83: The Brain’s Word Act: Reading verbs revs up motor cortex areas), did the researchers image the brains of disabled people who know the meaning of a verb but can’t perform the action, or of people without any […]

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  12. Humans

    From the April 7, 1934, issue

    Pouring the 200-inch glass disk for a new telescope, a new man-ape link, and planetary weather cycles.

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