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5 STORY ONE
s Star goes supernova, astro
nomers explode into activity
8 HUMANS
s Alpine mummy ate goat
before meeting his end
s War zone support personnel
feel the stress, too
s Gene variant marks moms
who turn tough in recessions
18 TUMOR TELL-ALL
COVER STORY: Quirks inside
cancer cells’ DNA may hold
clues for personalizing patient
treatment.
By Tina Hesman Saey
10 ATOM & COSMOS
s Dead stars dined on Earthlike
planets, left behind crumbs
s No crash necessary to form
unusual ring galaxy
22 LAST WORDS
After a quarter century spent
defending the standard model,
Fermilab’s Tevatron could pro
vide clues to new physics even
after its shutdown.
By Devin Powell
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12 SCIENCE & SOCIETY
s Middle schoolers move to
finals in national competition
s Corporate control at only a
few fingertips
26 SCIENCE FROM ON HIGH
Overhead mapping by Google
Earth supports scientists’
efforts to work on big scales.
By Rachel Ehrenberg
Departments
2 FROM THE EDITOR
4 NOTEBOOK
14 LIFE
s Mate’s tough chickhood puts
both partners at risk
s Nofishing zones bounce back
28 BOOKSHELF
30 FEEDBACK
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15 BODY & BRAIN
s Genes predict flu’s punch
16 GENES & CELLS
s Missing parent of lager yeast
found — in South America
s Butterfly copycats use super
genes to hide in plain sight
32 FROM THE ARCHIVE
The antievolution movement
in science education, which
gained national attention in
the 1920s, lives on in different
forms.
17 MOLECULES
s Panda poop microbes inspire
biofuel ideas
s Greener flame retardants
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COVER By studying the genetic profiles of individual patients’ tumors, scientists may be able to better direct cancer treatment. Michael Morgenstern
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