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  1. Astronomy

    Deepest Vision Yet: Hubble takes ultralong look at the cosmos

    Astronomers unveiled the deepest visible-light portrait of the universe ever taken, a million-second-long exposure by the Hubble Space Telescope that includes near-infrared images of what appear to be the most-distant galaxies known.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Anthropology

    Brain Size Surprise: All primates may share expanded frontal cortex

    A new analysis of brains from a variety of mammal species indicates that frontal-cortex expansion has occurred in all primates, not just in people, as scientists have traditionally assumed.

    By Bruce Bower

  3. Scrambled Dogma: Stem cells may make new eggs in women

    Scientists may have come up with a new explanation for how a woman's biological clock works.