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  1. Planets

    Mercury’s magnetic twisters

    The planet's strange atmosphere may have a lot to do with the sun.

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Environment

    Indoor ozone stopper

    Oils from human skin fight off this harmful chemical, but at a cost.

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Microbes

    The tell-tale bacteria

    What germs populate the hands may be as unique as fingerprints.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Planets

    Cool as a Jupiter

    New-found, far-out planet could be similar to local gas giants.

    By Stephen Ornes

  5. Scientist Profile: Wally Gilbert

    Wally Gilbert is interested in just about everything. He began by studying physics and then switched to biology, eventually winning an Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award in 1979 and then a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980.

    By Roberta Kwok
  6. Animals

    Half rooster, half hen

    Study of special chickens suggests new thinking on hormones and gender.

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Chemistry

    The memory of a material

    A popular polymer can remember what shape it was in.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Environment

    When frog gender flips

    With weed killer in the water, some males acquire female traits.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Earth

    Earthquake shortens the day

    The recent South American quake sent Earth spinning just a big faster.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Humans

    Writing on eggshells

    Etchings on artifacts suggest that really ancient people used symbols.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Chemistry

    Heaviest named element is official

    Superheavy copernicium takes its place in the Periodic Table.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Health & Medicine

    What the appendix is good for

    Some body parts seem pointless but in fact have purpose.

    By Emily Sohn
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