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Living Fossils
These mysterious creatures exist today more or less unevolved from the forms they had hundreds of millions of years ago
Pandemic! 10 of the Deadliest Diseases
The Black Plague, Third Pandemic and Spanish Flu wiped out hundreds of millions; they have nothing on today's worst diseases
Solar Freeze
A new Federal initiative has development of solar power plants slowing to a standstill
Martian Soil Is Alkaline
After careful analysis, the Phoenix Lander finds Mars's soil is a lot like ours
Three Earth-like Planets Discovered
Ever-keener detection apparatus leads to the discovery of more and more planets outside our solar system
Chimps Help Each Other Cope
When a chimpanzee feels down, its friends console it with kisses and hugs
A Predictor of Coma Survival
A little-understood part of the brain may provide a way to predict whether patients can wake up from their comas
The Search For Extraterrestrial Life: A Brief History
If (or, as some would say,_ when_) humans make contact with alien intelligence, the scientists who devote their careers to the search will be our first point of contact. Here, we look at the history of one of humankind's most persistent fascinations
Genetic Material Found on Meteorite
A meteorite in Australia has been found to contain component molecules of DNA
Pluto Gets Reclassified Again
No longer a planet, Pluto is now the namesake of its own class of objects: plutoids