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  1. Health & Medicine

    Protein may signal heart problems

    A protein already linked to inflammation is also a strong predictor of heart problems.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Earth

    Ocean View

    Ocean observatories have revealed unexpected discoveries, and now scientists want to widen the lens.

    By Carol Marzuola
  3. Humans

    From the December 3, 1932, issue

    “QUICKER’N A WINK” Quick as a wink is a great deal too slow. This proverbial epitome of speed is beaten a dozen times over by the newest trick in scientific high-speed photography, which can take 13 “frames” of motion pictures of a human eye during the fortieth of a second it spends in getting shut. […]

    By Science News
  4. Humans

    From the June 7, 1930, issue

    COMET MAY CAUSE METEORIC DISPLAY If you watch the sky during the nights of early June, you may be treated to an unusual display of meteors, or “shooting stars.”