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  1. Astronomy

    Repainting the cosmic palette

    After all the hue and cry about the color of the universe, astronomers have now revised their findings: It’s not pale green, but boring old beige.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Health & Medicine

    Researchers find how rhubarb remedy eases cholera

    Researchers in Japan have identified a natural compound responsible for the effectiveness of one rhubarb-based remedy to combat the overwhelming diarrhea that comes with cholera.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Planetary Science

    Mars Odyssey instrument revived

    Flight controllers have revived an instrument on the Mars Odyssey spacecraft that measures the amount of radiation bombarding the Martian surface.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Earth

    Rocks in Earth’s mantle could hold five oceans

    Analysis of minerals created in the laboratory under conditions that simulate those deep within the planet suggests that the zone of rocks just outside Earth's core could hold enough water to fill the oceans five times.