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  1. Tech

    Nanotech Switch: Strategy controls minuscule motor

    Researchers have modified a rotating protein fragment so that it starts and stops spinning with the addition and removal of zinc.

    By Jessica Gorman
  2. Earth

    Wildfire Below: Smoldering peat disgorges huge volumes of carbon

    Set alight by wildfires, thick beds of decaying tropical plant matter can pump massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, rivaling those produced globally each year from the combustion of fossil fuels.

    By Ben Harder

  3. 19150

    Your article reports that only two category 5 storms have hit our coastlines. We here in southern New England know that the “Hurricane of 1938” should be counted, too. The indirect evidence of the storm’s power is compelling.