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ATOM & COSMOS
Researchers finally detect muon neutrinos switching to electron neutrinos, plus more updates in “News in Brief: Atom & Cosmos.”

GENES & CELLS
Triggering sleep in fruit fly brains turns the bugs’ short-term memories into long-lived ones. Read “From Z’s to A’s.”

LIFE
Male cleaner fish punish females when they scare big clients away (two cleaners and their client shown).  Go to “News in Brief: Life.”

EARTH
Japan’s monster wave also sent glowing air ripples over Hawaii. Read “Tsunami lit up the heavens.”

A version of this article appears in the July 16, 2011 issue of Science News.

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