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  1. Astronomy

    Hubble Weighs In: Pinning down an extrasolar planet’s mass

    Using a decades-old technique, astronomers have precisely measured the mass of a planet outside our solar system.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Materials Science

    Nanotube ID: New signatures aid nanotech progress

    Researchers have developed a means for rapidly distinguishing among 33 semiconducting varieties of carbon nanotubes.

    By Jessica Gorman
  3. Health & Medicine

    Cluster Bombs: Metabolic syndrome tied to heart disease deaths

    Men with a certain cluster of metabolic characteristics are about three times as likely to die of heart disease as men without the traits are.

    By Ben Harder

  4. 19212

    It’s no surprise to find that the Borneo tree frog tunes into his tree hole.