Afghanistan's Buried Riches
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The Dinosaur Baron of Transylvania
A maverick aristocrat's ideas about dinosaur evolution turn out to have been decades ahead of their time
Atom Power: Tackling the Problems of Modern Life
2011 is the International Year of Chemistry—a well-deserved celebration of that science's profound power
The Dark Side of the Milky Way
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Waiting for the Higgs
Even as the last protons spin through the most successful particle accelerator in history, physicists hope to conjure one final triumph
Actuary of the Cell: A Q&A with Nobelist Elizabeth Blackburn on Telomeres and Aging Cells
Building on her Nobel Prize-winning research on cell function, Elizabeth H. Blackburn is trying to find a simple measure of a person's health risks
The Scent of Your Thoughts
Although we are usually unaware of it, we communicate through chemical signals just as much as birds and bees do
10 Unsolved Mysteries in Chemistry
Many of the most profound scientific questions—and some of humanity's most urgent problems—pertain to the science of atoms and molecules
A New Ally against Cancer: Vaccines
The FDA recently okayed the first therapeutic cancer vaccine, and other drugs that enlist the immune system against tumors are under study
How Skulls Speak
New 3-D software is helping scientists identify the sex and ancestral origins of human remains with greater speed and precision
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