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Value of basic research emerges from under cloak.	Editorial	Nov 21, 2009	371
Joining the blogosphere, but Science News--style.		Nov 7, 2009	376
Solving sleep's mysteries seems a Herculean task.	Editorial	Oct 24, 2009	368
In science, unlike films, don't beware the stare.	Editorial	Oct 10, 2009	401
Imagining the universe from outside of the plane.		Sep 26, 2009	395
Save Murray Gell-Mann a spot in physics hall of fame.		Sep 12, 2009	374
The status quark: Murray Gell-Mann reflects on matter's building blocks and scientists' resistance to new ideas.	Essay	Sep 12, 2009	2079
A place removed from 'the pressure of received ideas'.		Sep 12, 2009	792
Earthquakes severely test science's power to predict.	Editorial	Aug 29, 2009	333
Lessons from cosmic past tell about future, present.	Editorial	Aug 15, 2009	393
It's not a joking matter: science is complicated.		Aug 1, 2009	363
Philosophers don't know what scientists can't do.		Jul 18, 2009	376
DNA's medical power may someday match its hype.	Editorial	Jul 4, 2009	379
Learning about process aids science appreciation.	Editorial	Jun 20, 2009	364
Adding an 's' to universe, an infinite number of times.	Editorial	Jun 6, 2009	416
Success in coping with infinity could strengthen case for multiple universes.		Jun 6, 2009	2378
Celebrating astronomy's illumination of the mind.		May 23, 2009	367
With science at its best, answers raise questions.	Editorial	May 9, 2009	362
Neuroscience looks to magicians for big reveal.		Apr 25, 2009	353
Strings link the ultracold with the superhot: perfect liquids suggest theory's math mirrors something real.	Essay	Apr 25, 2009	1995
Planck mission will help achieve Planck's mission.		Apr 11, 2009	375
News from frontiers helps to ensure science's future.		Mar 28, 2009	399
Despite some detractors, Darwin deserves his lauds.		Mar 14, 2009	409
Science's status trumps winning Super Bowl rings.		Feb 28, 2009	417
For both universe and life, only constant is change.	Editorial	Feb 14, 2009	436
Modern biology owes unpayable debt to Darwin.		Jan 31, 2009	435
Darwin turns 200; Charles Darwin was born into a world that today's scientist wouldn't recognize.	Biography	Jan 31, 2009	2279
Charles Darwin: The 'Beagle' Letters.	Book review	Jan 31, 2009	281
Darwin's natural selection redefined the idea of design.		Jan 31, 2009	825
Thread of information ties diverse sciences together.	Editorial	Jan 17, 2009	397
Counting down 2008's science news favorites.		Jan 3, 2009	415
Successful science should inspire higher standards.		Dec 20, 2008	406
Quantum codes conceal secrets of the cosmos.		Dec 6, 2008	410
The decider: informing the debate over the reality of 'free will' requires learning something about the lateral habenula.		Dec 6, 2008	1598
Maybe radioactivity hasn't revealed all its mysteries.	Editorial	Nov 22, 2008	430
The Princeton Companion to Mathematics.	Book review	Nov 22, 2008	215
Chemistry's benefits go beyond 'better living'.	Editorial	Nov 8, 2008	401
Aim for 20/20 foresight, then adjust as necessary.		Oct 25, 2008	424
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics.	Book review	Oct 25, 2008	210
Politics needs science for sound policymaking.		Oct 11, 2008	419
Hubble's repair sets stage for telescope anniversary.		Sep 27, 2008	399
Anniversaries inspire timely ruminations.		Sep 13, 2008	393
It's likely that times are changing: a century ago, mathematician Hermann Minkowski famously merged space with time, establishing a new foundation for physics; today physicists are rethinking how the two should fit together.		Sep 13, 2008	2102
Dreaming of a day with no need for sleep.		Aug 30, 2008	427
Decoding the quantum mystery: signals from space to Earth could establish the reality of Einstein's worst fear.	Essay	Aug 2, 2008	1392
At the LHC, physics will collide with reality.		Jul 19, 2008	423
McCain and Obama: read this magazine.		Jul 5, 2008	417
Scrutinizing science behind the scenes.		Jun 21, 2008	403
Pigeonholing stories on birds, bubbles, bugs.	Editorial	Jun 7, 2008	407
Einstein and Oppenheimer: The Meaning of Genius.	Book review	Jun 7, 2008	287
Keep your eye on the mouse.		May 24, 2008	403
John Wheeler (1911-2008): quantum theory poses reality's deepest mystery.		May 24, 2008	884
Welcome to the new Science News.		May 10, 2008	383
Change without change: new clothes for the modern media climate, but no departure from traditional purpose for Science News.	Editorial	May 10, 2008	1004
Tuning in to science.		Dec 22, 2007	351