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  1. Psychology

    The addiction paradox

    Addiction is often seen as a chronic disease that requires maintenance treatment even after years of sobriety. But even without help, most addicts eventually can quit for good.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Astronomy

    Some gas clouds refuse to collapse

    A study of dust gives astronomers a sharper picture of cold gas.

    By Gabriel Popkin
  3. Neuroscience

    Brain shot

    Deciphering how the brain’s circuitry produces thought and behavior is an ambitious and enticing goal on the scale of the Apollo Program or the Human Genome Project. But the neuroscientists involved in a new federal effort have many challenges ahead.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Animals

    Gray seals snack on harbor porpoises

    Photo evidence confirms seals' fatal attacks on harbor porpoises in the English Channel, suggesting that declines in the seals' usual fare are forcing the animals to seek out other high-energy food.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  5. Quantum Physics

    Finding a quantum way to make free will possible

    Maybe quantum influences from the Big Bang make humans unpredictable, permitting the possibility of free will.

    By Tom Siegfried
  6. Health & Medicine

    Gamblers go all-in on Ritalin

    Risk-taking may rise when healthy people use the stimulant to boost concentration.

    By Laura Sanders
  7. Life

    Seaweed-threatened corals send chemical SOS to fish

    The cry for help summons allies to graze away the algal overgrowth.

    By Susan Milius
  8. Psychology

    Highlights from the Psychonomic Society annual meeting

    Summaries from the conference held November 15-18 in Minneapolis.

    By Bruce Bower
  9. Space

    Moon probes set for smashing end

    NASA to guide gravity-seeking spacecraft into the side of a lunar cliff.

    By Alexandra Witze
  10. Humans

    International Conference on Complex Sciences

    Researchers at the meeting, held December 5-7 in Santa Fe, N.M., offer insight into spam blocking and sick leave.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  11. Health & Medicine

    Half of U.S. babies may miss on-time vaccinations

    Immunization delays place children at risk of contracting preventable diseases.

    By Nathan Seppa
  12. Health & Medicine

    Some service members sleep too little

    Of active-duty military personnel seeking help for sleep complaints, two-thirds get six or less hours per night.

    By Nathan Seppa