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  1. Earth

    Even low lead in kids has a high IQ cost

    Lead can damage a young child's ability to learn and reason at exposures far lower than the limit deemed acceptable by the U.S. government.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Physics

    New probe reveals unfamiliar inner proton

    Researchers taking one of the closest looks yet into the intact proton have found an unexpectedly complex interior electromagnetic environment.

    By Peter Weiss
  3. Tech

    Getting Nanowired

    Makers of nanowires may overcome the limits that loom for microchip fabrication.

    By Linda Wang
  4. Health & Medicine

    Epileptic seizures may be predictable

    Patterns of mild electrical disturbance in the brains of epilepsy patients appear to foreshadow a seizure hours before its onset.