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  1. Humans

    Heed your elders, survive a tsunami

    An oral tradition passed down among islanders in the South Pacific saved many lives during a tsunami last year and illustrates the benefits that community-based education and awareness programs can provide.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Health & Medicine

    Animal rights and wrongs

    Featured blog: Some animal-rights activists are taking a page out of the anti-abortionists' playbook and now bully animal researchers at home.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Health & Medicine

    Receptor may be cancer accomplice

    Suppressing a receptor protein called neuropilin-2 slows colon cancer growth in mice.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Cooking cancer cells

    A new technique combining antibodies, carbon nanotubes and near-infrared light holds promise for treating malignancies, scientists report.

    By Ashley Yeager
  5. Animals

    Live fast, die young

    With a lifespan of just five months, the chameleon Furcifer labordi leads a briefer life than any other land-dwelling vertebrate.

    By Amy Maxmen
  6. Microbes

    Team spirit

    Working together, bacteria and other microbes can accomplish much more than they can alone. Now scientists hope to harness that ability by engineering their own microbial consortia.

    By Susan Gaidos
  7. Humans

    ARISE and Invest in New Talent

    A new report argues strongly for investing more in graduate students and early-career researchers.

    By Janet Raloff

  8. Calorie Kick: Desire for sweets not only a matter of taste

    Chemical fireworks in the brain's reward system explode in response to calories, independent of flavor, suggests a new study of mice.

    By Amy Maxmen
  9. Astronomy

    McCain Is Bullish on R&D

    Featured blog: John McCain weighs in on science and technology issues with long-awaited written responses to the Science Debate 2008.

    By Janet Raloff
  10. Earth

    Climate fix could deplete polar ozone

    Scientists seeking to cool Earth’s climate by injecting sulfuric acid droplets high in the atmosphere might trim rising temperatures but could also destroy much of the ozone in polar regions, a new study suggests.

    By Sid Perkins
  11. Space

    Searching for superEarths

    Astronomers are exploring a new family of planets beyond the solar system.

    By Ron Cowen
  12. Humans

    From the January 1, 1938, issue

    Giant electric machines in the works, a mysterious new subatomic particle, and seeking the age of an isthmus.

    By Science News