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5 STORY ONE
Frozen Greenlander mixes up s
New World migration
8 ATOM & COSMOS
Piping hot quark soup s
LHC to fire up to half power s
Teeth tell radiation tales s
Confining extra dimensions s
10 ENVIRONMENT
Smokers may inhale bacteria s
along with nicotine
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How brain cells’ highways can s
snap under pressure
Sinister role for stem cells s
Genomics to detect tumors s
Selecting spots for ocean s
protection
Science literacy up in U. S. s
Older folks need more zzz’s s
Dolphins and diabetes s
Early schizophrenia trouble s
In vitro fertilization seems to s
make mark on kids
Brain tells signs from mimes s
16 HUMANS
Bantu and Bushmen decoded s
Cell phone users driven to s
distraction
17 BODY & BRAIN
Genetic hiccup spurs some s
stuttering
18 LIFE
Spinosaurs claim watery turf s
Noisy humans disrupt crabs’ s
concentration
Features
20 LOSING LIFE’S VARIETY
COVER STORY: The Convention
on Biological Diversity set 2010
as the year to make some progress in preserving life’s richness, but biodiversity is still
declining.
By Susan Milius
26 HOGAN’S NOISE
One scientist is listening hard
for the smallest building blocks
of spacetime to send a signal
across the universe.
By Ron Cowen
Departments
2 FROM THE EDITOR
4 NOTEBOOK
30 FEEDBACK
31 BOOKSHELF
32 COMMENT
NOAA Administrator Jane
Lubchenco sets forth the case
for a new climate office.
