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  1. Earth

    Climate accord reached

    Negotiators, without U.S. representatives' input, resolved controversies in Bonn that were blocking an international treaty to limit greenhouse gases.

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  2. Deaf kids establish own sign language

    Deaf children in Nicaragua display evidence of having created a fully grammatical sign language on their own in under 2 decades.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Synthetic protein may yield malaria vaccine

    A molecule patterned after part of the parasite that causes most severe malaria induces a strong immune response in people.

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  4. Bacteria live inside bacteria in mealybug

    In a new twist on how life forms can exploit each other and with implications for how complex cells originated, scientists have discovered one bacterium living inside another.

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  5. Planetary Science

    Craft tracks giant dust storm on Mars

    The largest dust storm observed on Mars in 25 years is now engulfing the Red Planet.

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  6. Tech

    Setting electronics in artificial stone

    Electronics components made of Portland cement may one day be part of buildngs and roadways that double as gargantuan sensors or other current-carrying devices.

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  7. New Antibiotics Take Poke at Bacteria

    Small rings of amino acids can self-assemble into tubes that punch holes in bacteria.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Fighting Herself

    Autoimmune diseases are more common in women than in men, and researchers are beginning to tease out the cellular mechanisms that may be responsible for this phenomenon.

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  9. Astronomy

    A Rocky Bicentennial

    Mounting evidence that many asteroids aren't solid rock but collections of loosely bound fragments could have far-reaching implications for elucidating their internal structure, understanding planet formation, and developing strategies to mitigate the threat of one striking Earth.

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  10. 18939

    I am writing in response to an article in the July 28 issue, “Having gathered moss, water drops roll.” You should have taken the time to find out that Lycopodium is not a moss. It’s true that a common name for the plant is club moss, but Lycopodium is in the division Lycophyta, sometimes called […]

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  11. Tech

    Having gathered moss, water drops roll

    A coating of water-repellent powder transforms water droplets into remarkably mobile and resiliant balls, hoops, or peanut-shaped blobs.

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  12. Tech

    Biotechnology may fortify U.S. Army

    A government-sponsored study says the U.S. Army may benefit from advances in biotechnology during the next 25 years, including sensors that identify soldiers by the food they ate, protein-based computers, near-instant vaccines, and automated wound treatments.

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