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In The News
5 STORY ONE
• Genome studies reveal how
sleep is linked to diabetes,
which may explain why the
sleep-deprived crave sugar
8 ATOM & COSMOS
• An extrasolar planet with CO
2
• Mars steps away from its
chaotic planetary past
• Clusters suggest dark energy’s
constancy over time
10 EARTH
• Ancient crystals hint
at early plate movement
• Freezing wetlands atop permafrost trigger methane release
12 HUMANS
• Expense is not the object
when it comes to giving gifts
• Jewish and Moorish genes
persist in Spain 500 years
after Inquisition
13 LIFE
• Dolphins don tools
at dinnertime
• Dogs want fair pay — in the
form of treats
14 BODY & BRAIN
• HIV pandemic drives men in
sub-Saharan Africa to seek
circumcision
• Protein’s shape makes fertility
possible
• Tests of malaria vaccine set
to move forward after halving
infection risk in children
16 2Specia SCIENCE0l Section NEWS OF THE YEAR
0editors an
top news
science in8d writers survey the
from the world of
2008.
COVER STORY: Science News
16 Atom & Cosmos
18 Humans
19 Science & Society
20 Genes & Cells
21 Life
22 Matter & Energy
23 Technology
24 Body & Brain
25 Nutrition
26 Earth
27 Numbers
28 Environment
29 Molecules
Departments
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4 NOTEBOOK
30 BOOKSHELF
31 FEEDBACK
32 COMMENT
R.K. Pachauri discusses
energy policies that he hopes
the Obama administration
will pursue.
COVER The LHC’s
Compact Muon Solenoid
detector will search for
signs of the Higgs boson
and clues to the early
universe (“On and off for
the LHC,” Page 22).
Enrico Sacchetti
