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  1. Earth

    Warmer climate, decreased rice yield

    Agricultural data gathered over a dozen years at a Philippines rice paddy suggest that climate changes brought about by global warming could significantly diminish rice yields.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Materials Science

    DNA coordinates assembly of glassy nanoscale structures

    Chemists use DNA as a scaffold to construct miniature rings and rods out of silica.

    By Alexandra Goho
  3. Health & Medicine

    Caloric threats from sugarfree drinks?

    Regularly downing sweet drinks or sugar substitutes may foster overeating by reprogramming an individual's ability to judge a snack's caloric impact.

    By Janet Raloff
  4. Astronomy

    Controlling the speed of solar eruptions

    The billion-ton blobs of magnetized gas that the sun sporadically hurls into space can't reach Earth in less than half a day.